Chapter 8
Study of Regression Rate in Hybrid
Rockets Using Vortex Injector
P. K. Dash and G. Ram Vishal
Nomenclature
a Regression rate coefficient
˙ m Mass flow rate per unit length
B Mass transfer number
C
p
Specific heat of gas
D Diameter
f
m
Fuel-air rate
G Free stream mass flux
h Enthalpy
H Heat of combustion
k Thermal conductivity
K
ox
Oxidizer mass fraction
L Length of fuel grain
Le Lewis number
n Flux index
P. K. Dash (B ) · G. Ram Vishal
Department of Aeronautical Engineering, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bengaluru,
Karnataka, India
e-mail: pramodkumar.dash@nmit.ac.in
G. Ram Vishal
e-mail: ramvishal.g@nmit.ac.in
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Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering,
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