Chemical erosion of carbon-phenolic rocket nozzles with finite-rate surface chemistry

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1220-1230

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a,b   Turchi, Alessandro ^a,b   Nasuti, Francesco ^a,b   Onofri, Marcello ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanicae Aerospaziale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON; EROSION; EXHAUST GASES; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CHEMICAL EROSION; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; THERMO-CHEMICAL EROSION; THERMOCHEMICAL ABLATIONS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 84883697826     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.B34791     Document Type: Article

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