On shear rheology of gel propellants

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-174

  Rahimi, Shai ^a   Peretz, Arie ^a   Natan, Benveniste ^b  

^a RAFAEL   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gel propulsion; Gel simulants; Gelled fuels; Gelled oxidizers; Shear rheology

Indexed keywords

GELATION; HYDRAZINE; POLYSACCHARIDES; RHEOLOGY; RHEOMETERS;

GEL PROPULSION; GELLED FUELS; GELLED OXIDIZERS;

PROPELLANTS;

EID: 34547487769     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700018     Document Type: Article

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