Modeling of heterogeneous propellant combustion: A survey

AIAA Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 993-1006

  Jackson, Thomas L ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURN RATES; COMPUTATIONAL SIMULATION; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS SOLID; INTERIOR BALLISTIC; INTERNAL BALLISTIC PROPERTY; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; PREDICTIVE SIMULATIONS; PROPELLANT GRAIN; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS;

DESIGN; EXPLOSIVES; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 84860777473     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.J051585     Document Type: Review

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