New aluminum agglomeration models and their use in solid-propellant-rocket simulations

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 925-936

  Jackson, T L ^a,b,c   Najjar, F ^a,b,c   Buckmaster, J ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d Department of Aerospace Engineering ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; ALUMINUM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY;

ALUMINUM AGGLOMERATION MODEL; ALUMINUM DROPLETS; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE; FUEL BINDER;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 26244461941     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.11888     Document Type: Article

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