Effect of surface roughness and radiation on graphite nozzle erosion in solid rocket motors

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 448-451

  Thakre, Piyush ^a   Yang, Vigor ^b,c  

^a SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c SCHOOL OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; EROSION; GRAPHITE; HEAT TRANSFER; HTPB PROPELLANTS; RADIATION EFFECTS; ROCKET NOZZLES; ROCKETS;

AP/HTPB COMPOSITE PROPELLANT; BASELINE VALUES; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; NON-METALLIZED PROPELLANTS; PHYSICAL DOMAIN; RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; UPSTREAM REGION;

SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

EID: 84859796040     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.B34238     Document Type: Article

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