SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET IGNITION SYSTEMS. II. A RESEARCH PROGRAM FOR THE SCIENTIFIC DESIGN OF IGNITERS
Abstract
A practical program for the design of solid-rocket igniters is developed from an evaluation of rocket-ignition processes. The evaluation consists of: the derivation of igniion fundamentals from an analysis of combustion-ignition theory; the determination of rocket-ignition principles from an analysis of the important processes involved; and the development of anANALYTICAL, ROCKET-IGNITION MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE FUNCTION OF THE IGNITER IN THE IGNITION PROCESS. Based on the rocket-ignition model an engineering-type research program is constructed for the study of ignition in four basic phases: (1) the ignition system, (2) ignitability, (3) hydrodynamic phenomena, and (4) rocket ignition. The plan is to develop quantitative and qualittive ignier-design criteria through experimental and theoretical studies of each phase and the interrelations among the phases. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1961
- Accession Number
- AD0275339
Entities
People
- Charles F. Sharn
Organizations
- Naval Ordnance Laboratory