Carbon-carbon nozzle erosion and shape change in full-scale solid-rocket motors

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 820-823

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a,b   Nasuti, Francesco ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanicae Aerospaziale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON; EROSION; FORECASTING; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SURFACE REACTIONS;

DIFFUSION LIMITED; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; MULTICOMPONENT TRANSPORT; OPERATING CONDITION; PROTECTION MATERIAL; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; REYNOLDS AVERAGED NAVIER-STOKES EQUATIONS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 84866696369     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.B34267     Document Type: Article

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