Solid-fuel regression rate and combustion behavior of vortex hybrid rocket engines

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Knuth, William H ^a   Chiaverini, Martin J ^a   Gramer, Daniel J ^a   Sauer, J Arthur ^a  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation (ORBITEC )   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); COMBUSTION; ENGINES; HEAT TRANSFER; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKET NOZZLES; ROCKETS; VORTEX FLOW;

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; EMPIRICAL CORRELATIONS; FUEL REGRESSION RATES; HEAT TRANSFER CORRELATION; HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES; INJECTION VELOCITY; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS;

FUELS;

EID: 84963823070     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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