Erosion in solid-propellant rocket motor nozzles with unsteady nonuniform inlet conditions

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 642-649

  Zhang, Ju ^a   Jackson, Thomas L ^a   Buckmaster, John ^b   Najjar, Fady ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY LAYERS; EROSION; INTAKE SYSTEMS; ROCKETS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

COMPUTATIONAL FRAMEWORK; INLET CONDITIONS; MOTOR SIMULATION; NOZZLE EROSION; NOZZLE FLOW; SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR; THREE DIMENSIONAL EFFECT; TURBULENT BOUNDARY LAYERS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 79955961370     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.47158     Document Type: Article

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