Combustion oscillations in high-regression-rate hybrid rockets

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  De Zilwa, Shane ^a   Karabeyoglu, Arif ^b   Zilliac, Greg ^a   King, Lyndell ^a   Reinath, Mike ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION OSCILLATION; GASEOUS OXIDIZER; GASEOUS OXYGEN; HALF-WAVE; HELMHOLTZ; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; HYBRID ROCKETS; LONGITUDINAL ACOUSTIC;

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; FUELS; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SAILING VESSELS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

OSCILLATING FLOW;

EID: 84897767474     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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