Size scale-up in hybrid rocket motors

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Venkateswaran, S ^a   Merkle, C L ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMBUSTION; COMBUSTORS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FORECASTING; FUELS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

AXISYMMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM; FUEL REGRESSION RATES; GAS-PHASE COMBUSTION; GEOMETRIC CONFIGURATIONS; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS;

EID: 84962195777     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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