Coupled CFD analysis of thermochemical erosion and unsteady heat conduction in solid rocket nozzles

48th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; EROSION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW SIMULATION; HEAT CONDUCTION; NAVIER STOKES EQUATIONS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKET NOZZLES; ROCKETS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SURFACE REACTIONS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

CFD ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION GAS FLOW; EROSION RATES; HIGH VELOCITY; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; NAVIER-STOKES FLOW SOLVER; PROTECTION MATERIAL; SOLID ROCKETS; THERMO-CHEMICAL EROSION; UNSTEADY HEAT CONDUCTION;

ABLATION;

EID: 85172036622     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-4318     Document Type: Conference Paper

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