Uncertainty assessment of the pulse-echo ultrasonic burning rate measurement technique

35th Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages

  Dauch, E ^a   Moser, M D ^a   Frederick, R A ^a   Coleman, H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOLID PROPELLANTS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC TESTING;

DIRECT MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; INITIAL THICKNESS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTY; TOTAL UNCERTAINTIES; ULTRASONIC PULSE; ULTRASONIC TECHNIQUES; UNCERTAINTY ASSESSMENT; VARIATION WITH PRESSURE;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84963828977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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