Modeling of N2O decomposition events

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Karabeyoglu, Arif ^a,b   Dyer, Jonny ^a   Stevens, Jose ^a,b   Cantwell, Brian ^a  

^a Space Propulsion Group Inc ^*  (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAZARDS; IGNITION; KINETICS; MIXTURES; NITROGEN OXIDES; ROCKETS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); THIN WALLED STRUCTURES;

DECOMPOSITION HAZARDS; DECOMPOSITION KINETICS; DECOMPOSITION PROCESS; INCREASE IN PRESSURE; MINIMUM IGNITION ENERGY; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS; THREE ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE;

PROPULSION;

EID: 77957843111     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-4933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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