Design and energetic characterization of a proportional-injector monopropellant-powered actuator

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Fite, Kevin B ^a   Goldfarb, Michael ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Energetic characterization; Monopropellant powered actuation; Power autonomous robots

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIBILITY OF GASES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); FLOW CONTROL; PRESSURIZATION; PROPELLANTS; ROBOTS;

ENERGETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MONOPROPELLANT-POWERED ACTUATOR; POWER-AUTONOMOUS ROBOTS;

ACTUATORS;

EID: 33645830524     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2006.871097     Document Type: Article

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