Decomposition of aluminum hydride under solid rocket motor conditions

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 457-464

  Bazyn, Tim ^a,b,c   Krier, Herman ^a,b,c   Glumac, Nick ^a,b,c   Shankar, Nagraj ^a,b   Wang, X ^a,c,d   Jackson, Thomas L ^a,c,d  

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

^b Mechanical and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIVES; HYDROGEN; PROPELLANTS; THERMOLYSIS;

ALUMINUM HYDRIDE; SOLID ROCKET MOTOR CONDITIONS; THERMOLYSIS MEASUREMENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS;

ROCKET ENGINES;

EID: 34147095292     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.22920     Document Type: Article

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