Solid propellant microthruster: Theory of operation and modelling strategy

NanoTech 2002 - "At the Edge of Revolution"

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages

  Rudnyi, Evgenii B ^a   Bechtold, Tamara ^a   Korvink, Jan G ^a   Rossi, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LAAS CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FUELS; GAS DYNAMICS; IGNITION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

AUTOMATIC MODELING; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT SIMULATIONS; ELECTRICAL DRIVING; ELECTRO-THERMAL PROCESS; MEMBRANE RUPTURE; MODELLING STRATEGIES; PRACTICAL ENGINEERING; SUSTAINED COMBUSTION;

ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS;

EID: 85088345008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-5755     Document Type: Conference Paper

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