Combustion issues and approaches for chemical microthrusters

Advancements in Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 389-420

  Yetter, Richard A ^a   Yang, Vigor ^a   Wu, Ming Hsun ^a   Wang, Yanxing ^a   Milius, Dave ^b   Aksay, Ilhan A ^b   Dryer, Frederick L ^b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC VELOCITIES; COMBUSTION PERFORMANCE; COMBUSTION PRODUCTS; FLAME TEMPERATURES; FRONT END; GAS PHASE FLOW; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; LEVEL SET APPROACH; LIQUID MONOPROPELLANTS; LIQUID NITROMETHANE; MESO-SCALE COMBUSTORS; MICRO THRUSTER; SMALL SPACECRAFTS; TWO-PHASE FLOW ANALYSIS; VORTEX CHAMBERS; VORTEX COMBUSTION;

AIR; ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; COMBUSTORS; MONOPROPELLANTS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OXYGEN; PHASE INTERFACES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; VORTEX FLOW;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84874754900     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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