Fracture mechanics of composite solid rocket propellant grains: Material testing

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-73

  Tussiwand, Giuseppe Sandri ^a,d   Saouma, Victor E ^b   Terzenbach, Robert ^a,e   De Luca, Luigi T ^c,f  

^a MBDA Deutschland GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d Throtteable Ducted Rocket Development

^e Physical Test Laboratory

^f Laboratorio di Propulsione Aerospaziale

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; FRACTURE MECHANICS; FRACTURE TESTING; HTPB PROPELLANTS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYBUTADIENES; ROCKETS; STRAIN ENERGY; VISCOELASTICITY;

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; CRACK OPENING DISPLACEMENTS; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; LINEAR ELASTIC FRACTURE MECHANICS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; NONLINEAR FRACTURE MECHANICS; SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR; THERMOVISCOELASTIC MATERIALS;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 63349089655     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.34227     Document Type: Article

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