Vortex combustion chamber development for future liquid rocket engine applications

38th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Chiaverhi, Martin J ^a   Malecki, Matthew J ^a   Sauer, J Arthur ^a   Knuth, William H ^a  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAMBER WALL TEMPERATURE; INJECTION METHOD; INJECTION TECHNIQUES; LIQUID ROCKET ENGINES; OXIDIZER INJECTION; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; VORTEX COMBUSTION; WALL TEMPERATURES;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FLAMMABILITY TESTING; FUEL INJECTION; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84896693888     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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