Development of Laboratory-Scale Gel-Propulsion Technology

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-100

  Rahimi, Shai ^a,b   Hasan, Dov ^a,b   Peretz, Arie ^a,b  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

^b MANOR Propuls/Expl Syst Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIZATION; COMBUSTION; FUELS; GELS; HYDRAZINE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; NON NEWTONIAN FLOW; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROPELLANTS; RHEOLOGY; SILICA; THERMOANALYSIS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS; VISCOSITY; YIELD STRESS;

GEL-PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY; GELLED-BIPROPELLANT PROPULSION SYSTEMS; INSENSITIVE MUNITIONS (IM); MASS FLOW RATE RATIO; THIXOTROPIC FLUIDS;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 1042298612     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.9235     Document Type: Article

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