Combustion and characterization of nanoscale aluminum and ice propellants

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

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sippel, Travis R ^a,c   Son, Steven F ^a,c   Risha, Grant A ^b,d   Yetter, Richard A ^b,e  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Purdue University   (United States)

^d Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^e Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; DIGITAL STORAGE; ICE PROBLEMS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

BURNING RATE; NANO SCALE; NANOALUMINUM; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; SHELF LIFE; SPACE PROPULSIONS; STORAGE STABILITY; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE;

SPACECRAFT PROPULSION;

EID: 77957849461     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2008-5040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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