Performance of ammonium-perchlorate-based composite propellant containing nanoscale aluminum

Journal of Propulsion and Power

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Stephens, Matthew ^a,d   Sammet, Thomas ^a,d   Petersen, Eric ^a,d   Carro, Rodolphe ^b,e   Wolf, Steven ^b,d   Smith, Christopher ^c,d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Space Launch Corporation ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^e Mechanical Aerospace and Biomedical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; HTPB PROPELLANTS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MIXTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYBUTADIENES;

ALUMINUM PARTICLE; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; COARSE TO FINE; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; HYDROXYL TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENES; MANUFACTURABILITY; NANOALUMINUM; PRESSURE RANGES;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 77952574404     PISSN: 07484658     EISSN: 15333876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.45148     Document Type: Article

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