Application of a genetic algorithm to the optical characterization of propellent smoke

Journal of Thermophysics and Heat Transfer

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 372-377

  Jones, Matthew R ^a,d   Brewster, M Quinn ^b,d   Yamada, Yukio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d Aero Building 16 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FUNCTIONS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNESIUM; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; THERMAL PLUMES; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANGULAR LIGHT SCATTERING MEASUREMENT; PROPELLANT SMOKE; ZIRCONIUM CARBIDE;

SMOKE;

EID: 0030126729     PISSN: 08878722     EISSN: 15336808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/3.797     Document Type: Article

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