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Experimental Investigation of a H2O2 Hybrid Rocket with Different Swirl Injections and Fuels by Stella, Manuel, Zeni, Lucia, Nichelini, Luca, Bellomo, Nicolas, Pavarin, Daniele, Migliorino, Mario Tindaro, Fabiani, Marco, Bianchi, Daniele, Nasuti, Francesco, Paravan, Christian, Galfetti, Luciano, Cretella, Attilio, Pellegrini, Rocco Carmine, Cavallini, Enrico, Barato, Francesco

“…Hybrid rockets have very interesting characteristics like simplicity, reliability, safety, thrust modulation, environmental friendliness and lower costs, which…”
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A new strategy for the reinforcement of paraffin-based fuels based on cellular structures: The armored grain — Mechanical characterization by Bisin, Riccardo, Paravan, Christian, Alberti, Sebastiano, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Paraffin waxes have been identified as promising hybrid rocket fuels. Though attractive from the ballistic point of view, these materials feature poor…”
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Accelerated ageing of micron- and nano-sized aluminum powders: Metal content, composition and non-isothermal oxidation reactivity by Paravan, Christian, Verga, Alberto, Maggi, Filippo, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Nano-sized Al (nAl) is an attractive candidate for the performance enhancement of current solid propellant formulations, and its characteristics are relevant…”
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Theoretical analysis of hydrides in solid and hybrid rocket propulsion by Maggi, Filippo, Gariani, Gabriela, Galfetti, Luciano, DeLuca, Luigi T.

“…Chemical rocket propulsion can benefit by using hydrides that are able to store high volumes of hydrogen at ambient conditions that can be released during…”
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Experimental evaluation of HTPB/paraffin fuel blends for hybrid rocket applications by Thomas, James C., Paravan, Christian, Stahl, Jacob M., Tykol, Andrew J., Rodriguez, Felix A., Galfetti, Luciano, Petersen, Eric L.

“…Hybrid rockets have many advantages over pure solid or liquid propellant rockets, but low solid fuel regression rates and correspondingly low thrust have…”
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Numerical and experimental analysis of fuel regression rate in a lab-scale hybrid rocket engine with swirl injection by Migliorino, Mario Tindaro, Fabiani, Marco, Paravan, Christian, Bianchi, Daniele, Nasuti, Francesco, Galfetti, Luciano, Pellegrini, Rocco Carmine, Cavallini, Enrico

“…In this work the regression rate performance and flow physics of a lab-scale hybrid rocket engine burning gaseous oxygen and paraffin-based fuels are…”
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Numerical simulation of HTPB combustion in a 2D hybrid slab combustor by Gariani, Gabriela, Maggi, Filippo, Galfetti, Luciano

“…A code for the numerical simulation of combustion processes in hybrid rockets, developed at the Space Propulsion Laboratory of Politecnico di Milano (SPLab),…”
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Aging of HTPB/Al/AP Rocket Propellant Formulations Investigated by DMA Measurements by Cerri, Sara, Bohn, Manfred A., Menke, Klaus, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Three HTPB‐based rocket propellant formulations containing ammonium perchlorate and aluminum particles, with different aluminum content and particle size, have…”
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Actualization of an efficient throttleable laser propulsion mode by Zhang, Haonan, Duan, Buren, Wu, Lizhi, Hua, Zuohao, Bao, Zijing, Guo, Ning, Ye, Yinghua, Galfetti, Luciano, DeLuca, Luigi T., Shen, Ruiqi

“…Conventional propulsion systems are difficult to change between propelling and non-propelling modes. Throttleable propulsion that results from the control of…”
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Characterization of ADN/GAP-Based and ADN/Desmophen®-Based Propellant Formulations and Comparison with AP Analogues by Cerri, Sara, Bohn, Manfred A., Menke, Klaus, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Several ADN‐based rocket propellant formulations containing different pre‐polymers (GAP diol/triol, Desmophen® 2200), curing agents (BPS, Desmodur® N100,…”
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Development of an intrusive technique for particles collection in rockets plume by Carlotti, Stefania, Maggi, Filippo, Ferreri, Alessandro, Galfetti, Luciano, Bisin, Riccardo, Saile, Dominik, Gülhan, Ali, Groll, Christopher, Langener, Tobias

“…An intrusive technique for particles capturing in supersonic-high temperature flows to be used in solid rocket motors plume characterization is proposed. A…”
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Efficient solid rocket propulsion for access to space by Maggi, Filippo, Bandera, Alessio, Galfetti, Luciano, De Luca, Luigi T., Jackson, Thomas L.

“…Space launch activity is expected to grow in the next few years in order to follow the current trend of space exploitation for business purpose. Granting high…”
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Aging of ADN Rocket Propellant Formulations with Desmophen®-Based Elastomer Binder by Cerri, Sara, Bohn, Manfred A., Menke, Klaus, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Desmophen® binder‐based rocket propellant formulations containing ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and different fuel filler types (Al, HMX) were manufactured and…”
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Macro- vs Microcrystalline Wax: Interplay of Evaporation and Decomposition under Pressure Variation by Muravyev, Nikita V, Monogarov, Konstantin A, Prokopyev, Dmitry, Bragin, Anatoly A, Galfetti, Luciano, DeLuca, Luigi T, Pivkina, Alla N

“…Thermal behavior of two principally different wax materials (viz., paraffin Russian grade P-2 and microcrystalline Sasol 0907) has been investigated using…”
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Flame surface modification of polyethylene sheets by Severini, Febo, Di Landro, Luca, Galfetti, Luciano, Meda, Laura, Ricca, Giuliana, Zenere, Gianluca

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Aging of ADN Rocket Propellant Formulations with Desmophen registered -Based Elastomer Binder by Cerri, Sara, Bohn, Manfred A, Menke, Klaus, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Desmophen registered binder-based rocket propellant formulations containing ammonium dinitramide (ADN) and different fuel filler types (Al, HMX) were…”
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Characterization of ADN/GAP-Based and ADN/Desmophen registered -Based Propellant Formulations and Comparison with AP Analogues by Cerri, Sara, Bohn, Manfred A, Menke, Klaus, Galfetti, Luciano

“…Several ADN-based rocket propellant formulations containing different pre-polymers (GAP diol/triol, Desmophen registered 2200), curing agents (BPS, Desmodur…”
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Flame surface modification of polyethylene sheets by Severini, Febo, Di Landro, Luca, Galfetti, Luciano, Meda, Laura, Ricca, Giuliana, Zenere, Gianluca

“…High density polyethylene sheets 2 mm thick were flame treated to modify the surface properties. Sheets treated using a flame with air to gas (methane) ratio ∼…”
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