Service life prediction of solid rocket propellants considering random thermal environments

2011-09-16
Yılmaz, Okan
Kuran, Bayındır
Özgen, Gökhan Osman

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Citation Formats
O. Yılmaz, B. Kuran, and G. O. Özgen, “Service life prediction of solid rocket propellants considering random thermal environments,” presented at the 6th Ankara International Aerospace Conference, Ankara, Türkiye, 2011, Accessed: 00, 2022. [Online]. Available: http://aiac.ae.metu.edu.tr/paper.php?No=AIAC-2011-030.