Solid rocket motor exhaust model for alumina particles in the stratosphere

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-310

  Beiting, Edward J ^a,b,c  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b AIAA ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; COMPOSITION; DATA REDUCTION; DENSITY MEASUREMENT (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); EXHAUST SYSTEMS (ENGINE); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OZONE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; THERMAL PLUMES;

SAUTER MEAN DIAMETER; SOLID ROCKET ENGINES;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 0031143427     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3233     Document Type: Article

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