Pulsed thruster thrust stand measurement evaluations

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

Volumn , Issue , 1998, Pages

  McFall, Keith A ^a   Spanjers, Gregory G ^a   Schilling, John H ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL METHODS; PROPULSION;

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; ANALYTIC-AND-NUMERICAL METHODS; DAMPING COEFFICIENTS; MEASUREMENT CHARACTERISTICS; MEASUREMENT EVALUATIONS; MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY; OSCILLATION CHARACTERISTICS; SIMULATED OPERATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 85088768982     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1998-3805     Document Type: Conference Paper

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