Recent advances in hybrid Propulsion

International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 305-326

  Cantwell, Brian ^a,b   Karabeyoglu, Arif ^a,b   Altman, David ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Space Propulsion Group Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Entrainment; Fuel; Hybrid; Oxidizer; Paraffin; Propulsion; Rocket

Indexed keywords

CHAMBER PRESSURE; CHEMICAL EXPLOSIONS; COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS; CONVENTIONAL FUEL; CONVENTIONAL SYSTEMS; FUEL MASS; HIGH DENSITY; HYBRID; HYBRID PROPULSION; HYBRID ROCKETS; LABORATORY TEST; LIQUID GAS INTERFACE; LIQUID LAYER; MELTING SURFACE; OXIDIZER; OXIDIZER FLOW; REDUCED SYSTEMS; REGRESSION RATE; SCALE-UP; SPACE PROPULSIONS; STANFORD UNIVERSITY; SURFACE REGRESSION; TRADITIONAL SYSTEMS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EXPLOSIVES; LIQUIDS; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLYMERS; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKETS;

FUELS;

EID: 79960032376     PISSN: 2150766X     EISSN: 21507678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/IntJEnergeticMaterialsChemProp.v9.i4.20     Document Type: Article

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