Thrust augmentation in solid rocket motors using beamed microwave energy

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

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Gimelshein, Natalia E ^a   Gimelshein, Sergey F ^a   Ketsdever, Andrew ^b,c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Propulsion Directorate   (United States)

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EID: 77957856862     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2009-4962     Document Type: Conference Paper

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