A stochastic pocket model for aluminum agglomeration in solid propellants

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Gallier, Stany ^a  

^a Le Bouchet Research Center   (France)

Author keywords

Aluminum Agglomeration; Microstructure; Packing; Pocket Models; Solid Propellant

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM AGGLOMERATION; BASIC IDEAS; NEW MODELS; POCKET MODELS; STATISTICAL TOOLS; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRIES;

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; MICROSTRUCTURE; RANDOM PROCESSES; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

AGGLOMERATION;

EID: 65549110694     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.200700260     Document Type: Article

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