Tensile tests of paraffin wax for hybrid rocket fuel grains

45th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  DeSain, John D ^a   Brady, Brian B ^a   Metzler, Kelly M ^a   Curtiss, Thomas J ^a   Albright, Thomas V ^a  

^a AEROSPACE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid rockets; Paraffin wax; Tensile strength; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

CASTING PROCESS; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; HYBRID ROCKETS; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SOLID ROCKET MOTORS; TENSILE TESTS; VOID FORMATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

AUTOMOBILE EXHIBITIONS; CENTRIFUGAL CASTING; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; PARAFFINS; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

PARAFFIN WAXES;

EID: 77957844744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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