Accession Number:

ADA216445

Title:

Contractors Meeting on Combustion Rocket Propulsion Diagnostics of Reacting Flow Held in Monrovia, California on 13-17 June 1988

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept.

Corporate Author:

CALIFORNIA INST OF TECH PASADENA DIV OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

Personal Author(s):

• Tishkoff, J. M.
• Birkan, M. A.
• Roy, G. S.
• Lekoudis, S. G.
• Schrade, Herbert O.
• Subramaniam, V. V.
• Martinez-Sanchez, Manuel
• Turchi, P. J.

Report Date:

1988-06-13

Pagination or Media Count:

360.0

Abstract:

Abstracts are given for research efforts on airbreathing combustion, rocket propulsion, and diagnostics of reacting flows. Keywords Shear layers, Turbulence, Instability, Electromagnetic propulsion, Plasma propulsion, Erosion, Magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters, Fluid dynamics, Arcjet thrust chambers, Electrothermal propulsion, Laser thermal propulsion, Electric discharges, Chemical kinetics, Nitramines, Nitroform compounds, Solid propellants, Acoustic flow fields, Solid rocket combustion chambers, Acoustic waves.

Descriptors:

• *ROCKET PROPULSION
• *THERMAL PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• *AIR BREATHING ENGINES
• *ELECTRIC PROPULSION
• *COMBUSTION
• TURBULENCE
• SOLIDS
• LASERS
• EROSION
• PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
• DIAGNOSIS(GENERAL)
• FLOW
• FLUID DYNAMICS
• ROCKET ENGINES
• ACOUSTIC FIELDS
• ROCKETS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC DRIVES
• NITROMETHANE
• NITRAMINES
• SOLID PROPELLANTS
• THERMOELECTRICITY
• ACOUSTIC WAVES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• LAYERS
• REACTION KINETICS
• SHEAR PROPERTIES
• COMBUSTION CHAMBERS

Subject Categories:

• Fluid Mechanics
• Air Breathing Engines (Unconventional)
• Electric and Ion Propulsion
• Fuels
• Rocket Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE