Nanostructured materials for rocket propulsion system: Recent progress

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Koo, J H ^a   Stretz, H ^b   Bray, A ^c   Weispfenning, J ^d   Luo, Z P ^a   Blanski, R ^e   Ruth, P ^e  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Syst/Materials Research Consultancy   (United States)

^d CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC   (United States)

^e AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT-SOAKED TEMPERATURE; INSULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POLYHEDRAL OLIGOMERIC SILSESQUIOXANES; POLYMER NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYAMIDE ELASTOMERS; THERMOPLASTIC POLYURETHANE ELASTOMERS; WIDE ANGLE XRAY DIFFRACTION;

ABLATIVE MATERIALS; EROSION; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; PROPULSION; RESINS; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; THERMOPLASTIC ELASTOMERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DISPERSIONS;

EID: 84896852387     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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