TRW pintle engine heritage and performance characteristics

36th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages

  Dressier, Gordon A ^a   Bauer, J Martin ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; MACHINE DESIGN; PROPULSION;

HEAD-END; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; PINTLE ENGINE; PROPELLANT INJECTION;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 84896449149     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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