THE PREDICTION OF THERMAL HAZARDS IN PROPELLANTS BY A NOMOGRAPHICAL TECHNIQUE

Abstract

A nomographic technique developed for predicting thermal hazards in explosives was applied to double-base and cast composite propellants. Chemical and physical property data, together with differential thermal analysis or an adiabatic auto-ignition determination on the material under investigation, are required in order to solve the nomographs. Predicted time to deflagration for representative propellants was compared with experimental data obtained in cookoff tests. The need for improved chemical and physical property data, extension of the nomographs to account for changes occurring with time and temperature and more cook-off data on larger masses of propellant was indicated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 1961
Accession Number
AD0264749

Entities

People

  • Colin A. Taylor
  • Peter L. Stang

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arrhenius Equation
  • Autoignition
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Critical Temperature
  • Decomposition
  • Differential Thermal Analysis
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Munitions
  • Physical Properties
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Surface Temperature
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Thermal Analysis

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Rocket Propulsion.