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Experimental Determination of the Impulse Coupling Coefficient - Standardization Issues
S. ScharringRelated information
1 Institute of Technical Physics, German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany
, J. E. SinkoRelated information2 Micro-Nano Global Center of Excellence, Nagoya University, Japan
, A. SasohRelated information3 Department of Aerospace Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
, H.-A. EckelRelated information1 Institute of Technical Physics, German Aerospace Center, Stuttgart, Germany
, H.-P. RöserRelated information4 Institute of Space Systems, University of Stuttgart, Germany