Finite amplitude waves in liquid rocket combustion chambers

46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Flandro, Gary A ^a   Jacob, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE SPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTUAL SYSTEM; AMPLITUDE PRESSURE FLUCTUATIONS; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; COMBUSTION HEAT; DAMPING MECHANISMS; ENERGY TRANSPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE AMPLITUDE WAVES; GENERALIZED MODELS; LIMIT CYCLE; LIMIT CYCLE OSCILLATIONS; LINEAR STABILITY; LIQUID ROCKETS; MEAN FLOW FIELDS; MEAN FLOW PROPERTIES; NONLINEAR EXTENSION; OSCILLATORY COMBUSTION; PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE OSCILLATION; PROPULSION SYSTEM; ROBUST METHODS; ROCKETDYNE; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK; TIME EVOLUTIONS; WAVE FORMS;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; LIQUIDS; MACH NUMBER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

EID: 78149480021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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