Scale-up tests of high regression rate liquefying hybrid rocket fuels

41st Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Karabeyoglu, M Arif ^a   Zilliac, Greg ^b   Cantwell, Brian J ^a   De Zilwa, Shane ^b   Castelluci, Paul ^a  

^a 496 Lomita Mall   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77956715710     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
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