Investigation of combustion instability in small MMH-NTO liquid rocket engines using CFD

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nusca, Michael J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; CHAMBER PRESSURE; CITED PAPERS; COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; COMBUSTION PATTERNS; COURSE CORRECTION; DROPLET DYNAMICS; ENGINE DESIGN; ENGINE PERFORMANCE; FLOW PHYSICS; FLUID DYNAMICS MODEL; HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTERS; INFLIGHT TESTING; INITIAL STAGES; LIQUID ROCKET ENGINES; TACTICAL MISSILES; THRUST LEVELS;

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); COMBUSTION; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLUID DYNAMICS; LIQUIDS; MACHINE DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

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EID: 77957856042     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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