Theoretical modeling and numerical simulation challenges of combustion processes of hybrid rockets

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kuo, Kenneth K ^a,b   Houim, Ryan W ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS;

EXPERIMENTAL DIAGNOSTICS; HYBRID ROCKET ENGINES; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; IN-DEPTH UNDERSTANDING; MULTIPHASE COMBUSTIONS; PERFORMANCE PREDICTION; TECHNOLOGY MATURATION; THEORETICAL MODELING;

NUMERICAL MODELS;

EID: 85088722624     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-5608     Document Type: Conference Paper

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