@Article{AraújoMasVieGouPer:2022:LaScMe,
               author = "Ara{\'u}jo, Emmanuel Peres de and Maschio, Leandro Jos{\'e} and 
                         Vieira, Ricardo and Gouvea, Leonardo Henrique and Pereira, Luis 
                         Gustavo Ferroni",
          affiliation = "{Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas 
                         Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Tecnol{\'o}gico de 
                         Aeron{\'a}utica (ITA)} and {Instituto Tecnol{\'o}gico de 
                         Aeron{\'a}utica (ITA)}",
                title = "Laboratory scale method for preparation of mixture modeled 
                         composite fuels for hybrid propulsion",
              journal = "Journal of Energetic Materials",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "40",
               number = "4",
                pages = "486--503",
                month = "Oct.",
             keywords = "Hybrid propulsion, polyethylene, paraffin, ammonium nitrate, 
                         mixture modelling, preparation.",
             abstract = "Fuel formulation is one of the chief strategies investigated in 
                         hybrid propulsion studies. In this context, 
                         polyethylenes-paraffins compositions have been suggested as a 
                         trade-off solution to attain both mechanical quality and ballistic 
                         performance. In parallel, mixed hybrids have already proven their 
                         capacity to enhance regression rates of thermoset polymers in 
                         mixture-modelled experiments. Ammonium perchlorate replacement by 
                         ammonium nitrate could turn mixed hybrids into environmentally 
                         benign materials. Meanwhile, the preparation of hybrid fuels based 
                         on paraffins and thermoplastic polymers seems to lack an 
                         application-oriented approach, capable to generate macroscopically 
                         homogeneous and symmetrical samples, compatible with both 
                         instrumental and ballistic measurements. Therefore, this work 
                         successfully outlines a laboratory scale preparation method 
                         developed to generate cylindrical composite fuel grains for hybrid 
                         propulsion, comprising low-density polyethylene (LDPE), 
                         macrocrystalline paraffin and ammonium nitrate mixture-modelled 
                         formulations, as well as applies thermogravimetry and differential 
                         scanning calorimetry to gain insight into their microstructural 
                         aspects, particularly their miscibility and its relation to the 
                         observed macroscopic behavior.",
                  doi = "10.1080/07370652.2021.1898491",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07370652.2021.1898491",
                 issn = "0737-0652",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "07370652.2021.1898491.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "29 jun. 2024"
}