Analysis of burning rate phenomena and extinguished solid propellants from an interrupted closed bomb with plasma igniter

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 173-177

  Kaste, P ^a   Birk, A ^a   Kinkennon, A ^a   Lieb, R ^a   Del Guercio, M ^a   Schroeder, M ^a   Pesce Rodriguez, R ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Interrupted closed bomb; Plasma ignition; SEM analysis; Solid propellants

Indexed keywords

IGNITION SYSTEMS; MORPHOLOGY; PLASMAS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

BURNING RATE PHENOMENA; INTERRUPTED CLOSED BOMB; PLASMA IGNITION;

PLASMA INTERACTIONS;

EID: 0035036187     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911815     Document Type: Article

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