Vortex thrust chamber testing and analysis for O2 -H2 propulsion applications

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Chiaverini, Martin J ^a   Malecki, Matthew J ^a   Sauer, J Arthur ^a   Knuth, William H ^a   Gramer, Daniel J ^a   Majdalani, Joseph ^b  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation   (United States)

^b MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELING; CHAMBER PRESSURE; CONVECTIVE COOLING; PRESSURE DEPENDENCE; PROPULSION APPLICATIONS; SPECIFIC IMPULSE; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; VORTEX COMBUSTION;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DIFFUSERS (OPTICAL); FUEL INJECTION; HEAT FLUX; HEATING RATE; PROPULSION; ROCKET NOZZLES;

VORTEX FLOW;

EID: 84897746528     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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