High pressure pulsed motor firing combustion instability investigations

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Blomshield, Fred S ^a   Bicker, C J ^a   Stalnaker, Richard A ^a  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; NAVAL WARFARE; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SHIP PROPULSION;

COMBUSTION INSTABILITIES; INSTABILITY PROBLEMS; NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER; OPERATING PRESSURE; PIEZOELECTRIC QUARTZ; PROPELLANT SYSTEMS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; STANDARD PERFORMANCE;

STABILITY;

EID: 84962900935     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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