Numerical analysis of nozzle flows with finite-rate surface ablation and pyrolysis-gas injection

47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bianchi, Daniele ^a   Turchi, Alessandro ^a   Nasuti, Francesco ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CARBON; EXHAUST GASES; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; PROPULSION; PYROLYSIS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SPACE SHUTTLES; SURFACE REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

EROSION BEHAVIOR; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HETEROGENEOUS CHEMICAL REACTION; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; REUSABLE SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; SURFACE ABLATION; THERMOCHEMICAL ABLATIONS;

ROCKET NOZZLES;

EID: 85086948652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-6135     Document Type: Conference Paper

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