Effect of a diaphragm on performance and fuel regression of a laboratory scale hybrid rocket motor using nitrous oxide and paraffin

45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Grosse, Matthias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b Department of Safety Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMBER PRESSURE; COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; CORIOLIS; FEED SYSTEMS; FLOW-SENSORS; FLOWTHROUGH; FUEL REGRESSION RATES; GRAIN DIAMETER; HOLE PERFORATION; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; LABORATORY SCALE; MIXING DEVICES; MOTOR EFFICIENCIES; NITROUS OXIDE; REGRESSION RATE; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; TEST FIRINGS; TEST RESULTS;

ANESTHETICS; COMBUSTION; FUELS; HELIUM; NITROGEN OXIDES; NOZZLES; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

DIAPHRAGMS;

EID: 77957848205     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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