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Theory of burning of powders and solid rocket propellants (review)

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Combustion, Explosion and Shock Waves Aims and scope

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The basic principles of the burning of powders and solid rocket propellants are briefly reviewed. Attention is concentrated on the physical significance of the phenomena. The experimental data are considered only within the framework of a comparison between experiment and theory. The review is mainly confined to work published within the last 5 to 8 years with little emphasis on the history of the problem. Heterogeneous systems are examined more closely than homogeneous systems, since in recent years the theory of burning of heterogeneous systems has developed more rapidly.

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Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp. 3–17, 1966

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Belyaev, A.F., Bakhman, N.N. Theory of burning of powders and solid rocket propellants (review). Combust Explos Shock Waves 2, 1–10 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01261509

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