Assessing the mixedness of composite solid rocket propellants using fluorescent particles

44th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sammet, T E ^a   Stephens, M A ^a   Petersen, E L ^a   Corbin, B ^b  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; BURNING RATE; COMPOSITE SOLIDS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; FLUORESCENT PARTICLE; FLUORESCENT SIGNALS; HTPB BINDERS; INTENSITY VARIATIONS; MIXEDNESS; MIXING QUALITY; MIXING TECHNIQUES; NANO-SIZED; NANO-SIZED PARTICLES; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTUM DOT; SOLID COMPOSITES; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SOURCES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CAMERAS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT SOURCES; MIXING; NANOPARTICLES; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 77957840659     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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