Influence of storage environment upon crack opening and growth in composite solid rocket propellant

Defects formed in solid rocket propellant during manufacturing, transportation, storage, and assembly can lead to alterations in the thrust time profiles and possibly catastrophic failure of the entire rocket. In order to determine the effects of temperature, loading rate, and thickness on this part...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tanaka, Martin Lyn
Other Authors: Engineering Mechanics
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40723
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01242009-063016/