Analysis of grain burnback and international flow in solid propellant rocket motors in 3-dimensions

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2007
Yıldırım, Cengizhan
In this thesis, Initial Value Problem of Level-set Method is applied to solid propellant combustion to find the grain burnback. For the performance prediction of the rocket motor, 0-D, 1-D or 3-D flow models are used depending on the type of thre grain configuration.

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C. Yıldırım, “Analysis of grain burnback and international flow in solid propellant rocket motors in 3-dimensions,” Ph.D. - Doctoral Program, Middle East Technical University, 2007.