Further development of an aluminum and water solid rocket propellant

47th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Kittell, David E ^a   Pourpoint, Timothée L ^a   Groven, Lori J ^a   Son, Steven F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE PROPELLANTS; MIXING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROPULSION; ROCKETS; SEA LEVEL; SOLID PROPELLANTS; SPACE FLIGHT;

AMMONIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE; BIMODAL POWDERS; EFFICIENT COMBUSTIONS; EQUIVALENCE RATIOS; ROCKET PROPELLANTS; SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT; SOUNDING ROCKET FLIGHTS; STEPPING STONE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 85087598056     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2011-6137     Document Type: Conference Paper

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