Steady-state combustion mechanisms of ammonium perchlorate composite propellants

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1064-1078

  Gross, Matthew L ^a,c   Beckstead, Merrill W ^b,d  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Energetics Research Division   (United States)

^d Chemical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; DIFFUSION; FLAME RESEARCH; HTPB PROPELLANTS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MONOPROPELLANTS; PARTICLE SIZE;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; COMBUSTION MECHANISM; COMBUSTION PROPERTY; COMBUSTION SIMULATIONS; DIFFERENT PRESSURES; HIGH-FIDELITY SIMULATIONS; PARTICLE SIZE EFFECT; PROPELLANT BURNING RATE;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 80052931363     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.B34053     Document Type: Article

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