Keyword

specific impulse

Description: A measure of rocket or other reaction-engine efficiency, defined as thrust produced per unit weight flow of propellant.

Primary topic: Rocket and propulsion systems research (36%)

Wikidata ID: wiki/Q51504

OpenAlex ID: keywords/specific-impulse

Fundamentals of Electric Propulsion

2008 · Dan M. Goebel, Ira Katz · Wiley eBooks · 1,346

Electric propulsion for satellites and spacecraft: established technologies and novel approaches

2016 · Stéphane Mazouffre · Plasma Sources Science and Technology · 590

Numerical investigation of the physics of rotating-detonation-engines

2010 · Douglas Schwer, Kailas Kailasanath · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute · 371

Aluminum agglomeration reduction in a composite propellant using tailored Al/PTFE particles

2013 · Travis R. Sippel, Steven F. Son, et al. · Combustion and Flame · 364

Fundamentals of rotating detonations

2009 · Manabu Hishida, Toshi Fujiwara, et al. · Shock Waves · 336

Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines

1977 · Jack L. Kerrebrock · 309

Overview of Performance, Application, and Analysis of Rotating Detonation Engine Technologies

2016 · Brent A. Rankin, Matthew L. Fotia, et al. · Journal of Propulsion and Power · 307

Experimental research on the rotating detonation in gaseous fuels–oxygen mixtures

2011 · J. Kindracki, P. Wolański, et al. · Shock Waves · 306

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Solid Rocket Propulsion Technology

1993 · Elsevier eBooks · 298

Hypersonic vehicle simulation model: Winged-cone configuration

1990 · John D. Shaughnessy, S. Z. Pinckney, et al. · NASA Technical Reports Server (NASA) · 275

Large-scale hydrogen–air continuous detonation combustor

2014 · S.M. Frolov, V.S. Aksenov, et al. · International Journal of Hydrogen Energy · 267

Intermittent Detonation as a Thrust-Producing Mechanism

1957 · J. A. NICHOLLS, H. R. WILKINSON, et al. · Jet propulsion · 253

Three-dimensional numerical investigations of the rotating detonation engine with a hollow combustor

2014 · Xin-Meng Tang, Jian-Ping Wang, et al. · Combustion and Flame · 238

Micropropulsion for Small Spacecraft

2000 · American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics eBooks · 238

Electrospray as a Source of Nanoparticles for Efficient Colloid Thrusters

2001 · M. Gamero-Castano, V. Hruby · Journal of Propulsion and Power · 232

MEMS-based satellite micropropulsion via catalyzed hydrogen peroxide decomposition

2001 · Darren L Hitt, Charles M Zakrzwski, et al. · Smart Materials and Structures · 219

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The CN7−Anion

2008 · Thomas M. Klapötke, Jörg Stierstorfer · Journal of the American Chemical Society · 215

Molecular perovskite high-energetic materials

2018 · Shao-Li Chen, Zi-Run Yang, et al. · Science China Materials · 206

Recent advances in catalytic combustion of AP-based composite solid propellants

2020 · Narendra Yadav, Prem Kumar Srivastava, et al. · Defence Technology · 202

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Airbreathing rotating detonation wave engine cycle analysis

2012 · Eric M. Braun, Frank K. Lu, et al. · Aerospace Science and Technology · 200

Analytical Model for the Impulse of Single-Cycle Pulse Detonation Tube

2003 · E. Wintenberger, J. M. Austin, et al. · Journal of Propulsion and Power · 198

Computational Characterization of Energetic Salts

2007 · Haixiang Gao, Chengfeng Ye, et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C · 196

Experimental Study of the Performance of a Rotating Detonation Engine with Nozzle

2015 · Matthew L. Fotia, Fred Schauer, et al. · Journal of Propulsion and Power · 191

Mini‐Magnetospheric Plasma Propulsion: Tapping the energy of the solar wind for spacecraft propulsion

2000 · R. M. Winglee, J. Slough, et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 187

Fluid dynamics of rotating detonation engines with hydrogen and hydrocarbon fuels

2012 · Douglas Schwer, K. Kailasanath · Proceedings of the Combustion Institute · 181

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Citation count: 71,770