Field observations of medium-sized debris from postburnout solid-fuel rocket motors

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3116, Issue , 1997, Pages 253-264

  Bernstein, Marc D ^a   Sheeks, Benny J ^a  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION CHAMBERS; DEBRIS; FUELS; INSTRUMENTS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; MOTORS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PERCOLATION (FLUIDS); PROPELLANTS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT;

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLIGHT TESTING; GROUND TESTING; LOW VELOCITIES; POPULATION MODELING; ROCKET MOTOR; SOLID FUELS;

SPACE DEBRIS;

EID: 19644376123     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.293344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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