Radius of curvature effects on throat thermochemical erosion in solid rocket motors

50th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting Including the New Horizons Forum and Aerospace Exposition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a   Nasuti, Francesco ^a   Onofri, Marcello ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION MODEL; CHAMBER PRESSURE; EROSION BEHAVIOR; EROSION PROCESS; EXPANSION RATIO; FINITE-RATE CHEMISTRY; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; NOZZLE CONTOUR; NOZZLE THROAT; RADIUS OF CURVATURE EFFECT; SHAPE CHANGE; SMALL-SCALE SYSTEMS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THERMO-CHEMICAL EROSION; THROAT RADIUS; THRUST COEFFICIENTS;

ABLATIVE MATERIALS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; EXHIBITIONS; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; NOZZLES; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

EROSION;

EID: 84873859189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-533     Document Type: Conference Paper

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