Mechanical properties of smokeless composite rocket propellants based on prilled ammonium dinitramide

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 691-698

  Landsem, Eva ^a,b   Jensen, Tomas L ^a   Hansen, Finn K ^a,b   Unneberg, Erik ^a   Kristensen, Tor E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN DEFENCE RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT FFI   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

ADN; GAP; HMX; NPBA; Propellant

Indexed keywords

ADN; AMMONIUM DINITRAMIDE; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; BINDER SYSTEMS; BONDING AGENT; CLEAN BURNING; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; GAP; GLYCIDYL AZIDE POLYMER; IMPACT SENSITIVITIES; NPBA; OCTOGEN; ROCKET PROPELLANTS; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOLID OXIDIZERS; THERMAL INSTABILITIES;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CURING; ETHERS; EXPLOSIVES; FRICTION; HMX; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; PROPELLANTS; TRIBOLOGY;

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS;

EID: 84871320654     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: 15214087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/prep.201200004     Document Type: Article

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