Fuel regression rate enhancement studies in HTPB/GOX hybrid rocket motors

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  George, Philmon ^a   Krishnan, S ^a   Varkey, P M ^b   Ravindran, M ^b   Ramachandran, Lalitha ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYBUTADIENES; PROPULSION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROCKET ENGINES;

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUEL REGRESSION RATES; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; OXIDIZER FUEL RATIO; PHYSICAL PROCESS; SOLID FUEL RAMJET;

FUELS;

EID: 30744469759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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