Investigation of aluminum agglomeration in AP/HTPB composite propellants

Collection of Technical Papers - 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 3372-3377

  Mullen, J C ^a,b,c   Brewster, M Q ^a,b,c  

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

^b MC 244 ^*  (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; LAMINATES; POLYBUTADIENES; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ALUMINUM FLAME CONDITIONS; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE (AP); SURFACE REGRESSION RATE;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 34250696989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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