Further studies concerning the energy distribution in the ETC closed chamber and the impact on observed propellant burn rate

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 37, Issue 1 I, 2001, Pages 178-182

  Oberle, W F ^a   Wren, G P ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Burn rate; Closed chamber; Electrothermal chemical; Plasma

Indexed keywords

IGNITION SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASMA INTERACTIONS; PLASMAS; PROPULSION; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

CLOSED CHAMBER; ELECTROTHERMAL CHEMICAL; PROPELLANT BURN RATE;

RAIL GUNS;

EID: 0035038619     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.911816     Document Type: Article

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