Erosive burning of aluminized composite propellants: X-ray absorption measurement, correlation, and application

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 975-983

  Hasegawa, Hiroshi ^a,d,e   Hanzawa, Masahisa ^b,f   Tokudome, Shin Ichiro ^c,e,g   Kohno, Masahiro ^c,e,g  

^a NOF Corporation   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d Research and Development Department   (Japan)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics ^*  (Japan)

^g JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CORRELATION METHODS; EROSION; MOTORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION DIAGNOSTICS; COMBUSTION PRESSURE; EROSIVE BURNING; PROPELLANT SURFACE;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 33749459435     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.7950     Document Type: Article

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