EVALUATION OF A HIGH ENERGY MONOPROPELLANT

Abstract

This report summarizes the work performed during the second quarter of a 12-month program designed to evaluate and characterize the combustion efficiency of MONEX DW, a beryllium-containing monopropellant, in a liquid injection type engine at a nominal 250 lbf thrust level. Initial checkout tests and a series of baseline performance tests have been completed with MONEX A, an aluminum-containing monopropellant. The results of these tests indicate performance of MONEX A increases with increasing chamber pressure. Delivered specific impulse values exceeding 202 ibf-sec/ibm (82% of the theoretical shifting equilibrium value) were measured at chamber pressures greater than 1200 psia.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0378348

Entities

People

  • C. D. Good
  • David C. Maybee
  • Gordon F. Dierks

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Pollution
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Combustion Stability
  • Contracts
  • Exhaust Gases
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • High Energy
  • Ignition
  • Performance Tests
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propulsion
  • Rockets
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.