Crack growth behavior in a solid propellant

Engineering Fracture Mechanics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Liu, C T ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COALESCENCE; FRACTURE MECHANICS; LOADING; SOLID PROPELLANTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BLUNTING; CRACK TIP; VOIDING;

CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 0030828216     PISSN: 00137944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0013-7944(96)00107-5     Document Type: Article

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