Rocket screening of iridium/rhenium chambers

34th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  Reed, Brian D ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; IRIDIUM; PLASMA SPRAYING; PROPELLANTS; PROPULSION;

CHAMBER PRESSURE; EXPENSIVE TESTING; FABRICATION PROCESS; FRONT END; LOW COST METHODS; MIXTURE RATIO; SCALING-UP; VACUUM PLASMA SPRAYING;

ROCKETS;

EID: 85088358006     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3355     Document Type: Conference Paper

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