A flamelet approach for modeling of liquid oxygen (LOX)/methane flames at supercritical pressures

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Zong, Nan ^a   Ribert, Guillaume ^a,b   Yang, Vigor ^a,c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ ET INSA DE ROUEN   (France)

^c Department of Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID PROPELLANTS; METHANE; OXYGEN; ROCKETS; THERMODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION TECHNIQUES; LIQUID PROPELLANT ENGINE; SCALAR DISSIPATION; SUPER-CRITICAL PRESSURES; SUPERCRITICAL CONDITION; TURBULENCE CLOSURES; TURBULENT COMBUSTION;

LIQUID METHANE;

EID: 78149418953     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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