Modeling the combustion of propellant sandwiches

Combustion Science and Technology

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 61-90

  Knott, G M ^a   Brewster, M Q ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Solid propellants

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BINDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLYBUTADIENES; PRESSURE; PYROLYSIS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; CONDENSED-PHASE HEAT RELEASE DISTRIBUTIONS; FLAME STRUCTURE; GAS-PHASE HEAT RELEASE DISTRIBUTIONS; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE; SOLID-PHASE PYROLYSIS; SURFACE GEOMETRY;

COMBUSTION;

EID: 0346449398     PISSN: 00102202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713713014     Document Type: Article

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