Preliminary cfd analysis of the vortex hybrid rocket chamber and nozzle flow field

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Knuth, William H ^a   Gramer, Daniel J ^a   Chiaverini, Martin J ^a   Sauer, J Arthur ^a   Whitesides, R Harold ^b   Dill, Richard A ^b  

^a Orbital Technologies Corporation ORBITEC   (United States)

^b ERC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; ENGINES; FLOW FIELDS; FUELS; HEAT CONVECTION; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKET NOZZLES; ROCKETS; SERPENTINE; VORTEX FLOW;

COMBUSTION EFFICIENCIES; CONVECTIVE HEAT TRANSFER; DESIGN PARAMETERS; FUEL REGRESSION RATES; HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES; INJECTION VELOCITY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; SWIRLING VORTEX;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS;

EID: 84963864673     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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