Thixotropic effect of inorganic gel fuels

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1182-1184

  Rahimi, Shai ^a   Natan, Benveniste ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELS; RHEOLOGY; ROCKET ENGINES; VISCOSITY OF LIQUIDS; WATER;

INORGANIC GEL FUELS; THIXOTROPY;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0034321375     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.5695     Document Type: Article

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