Combustion behaviors resulting from bimodal aluminum size distributions

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

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Moore, Kevin ^a,c   Pantoya, Michelle L ^a,c   Son, Steven F ^b,d  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Mechanical Engineering Department   (United States)

^d MS C920   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION BEHAVIOR; COMBUSTION VELOCITIES; COMPRESSED PELLETS; CRITICAL LEVEL; ENERGETIC FORMULATIONS; FUEL PARTICLES; IGNITION DELAY TIME; IGNITION SENSITIVITY; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; NANO METER RANGE; NANO SCALE; NANO-AL; NANO-SIZED; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; THEORETICAL MAXIMUM DENSITIES; THERMAL-PHYSICAL PROPERTY; THERMITES; ULTRAFINE ALUMINUMS;

ALUMINA; FUEL GAGES; FUELS; IGNITION; MOLYBDENUM; PARTICLE SIZE; PELLETIZING; PROPULSION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SMOKE; THERMOCHEMISTRY;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 77957852526     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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