Nanostructured materials for rocket propulsion system: Recent progress

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 5, Issue , 2003, Pages 3351-3361

  Koo, J H ^a   Stretz, H ^b   Bray, A ^c   Weispfenning, J ^d   Luo, Z P ^a   Blanski, R ^e   Ruth, P ^e  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syst/Materials Research Consultancy   (United States)

^d CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILLERS; NOZZLES; PHENOLIC RESINS; POLYURETHANES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CARBON BLACK FILLER; ROCKET NOZZLE; ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEM; THERMOPLASTIC POLYAMIDE ELASTOMER; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE ELASTOMER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0042510819     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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