Polymer nanostructured materials for propulsion systems

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Koo, Joseph H ^a,c   Pilato, Louis A ^b,d   Wissler, Gerry E ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b KAI LLC   (United States)

^c The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON FIBER REINFORCED COMPOSITE; CHARGE DISSIPATION; DAMAGE TOLERANT; HIGH PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; HYDROPHOBIC POLYMERS; INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS; MATRIX; NANOSCALE LEVELS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POLYMER MATRIX SYSTEM; POLYMER NANOCOMPOSITE; POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMER SYSTEMS; PROPULSION SYSTEM; RESEARCH EFFORTS; ROCKET NOZZLES; THERMAL RESISTANCE;

ADDITIVES; AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES; CARBON FIBERS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; CHEMICAL RESISTANCE; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FLAME RESISTANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE APPLICATIONS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NOZZLES; POLYMERS; PROPULSION;

ABLATIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 77957844144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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