Modeling of ignition overpressure in minuteman silos

33rd Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Salita, Mark ^a   Glatt, Les ^a   Norton, Lt Cathy ^b  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^b USAF   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIXING; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PROPULSION; ROCKETS;

CFD SIMULATIONS; CHAMBER PRESSURE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS CODES; LINEAR WAVES; NONLINEAR FLOW; PROPELLANT GAS; REACTING FLOWS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84962907272     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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