Instantaneous regression rate determination of a cylindrical x-ray transparent hybrid rocket motor

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Evans, Brian ^a   Risha, Grant A ^a   Favorito, Nick ^a   Boyer, Eric ^a   Wehrman, Robert B ^a   Libis, Natan ^a   Kuo, Kenneth K ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM FLAKES; ALUMINUM PARTICLE; HYBRID ROCKET MOTORS; HYDROXYL-TERMINATED POLYBUTADIENE; RADIOGRAPHY IMAGES; REGRESSION RATE; TIME VARIATIONS; VISUAL ANALYSIS;

ALUMINUM POWDER METALLURGY; METAL FUELS; POWDER METALS; PROPULSION; ROCKET ENGINES; ROCKETS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAYS;

REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84897795571     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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