RESEARCH ON SOLID PROPELLANT IGNITABILITY AND IGNITER CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

The purpose of his research was to study the ignition of composite solid propellants in a small rocket motor. Hot gaseous products from a small gas-fed pyrogen-type igniter supplied a convective ignition stimulus to the internal surface of a thin-webbed, cylindrical solid propellant grain. The gas rocked igniter is a valuable tool for investigating the essenial naure of the igniion process because it offers a wide range of controllable parameters such as heat transfer, chemical reactiviy of the igniting gas, flame temperature, mass flow, chamber pressure and solid propellant composition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 31, 1963
Accession Number
AD0425651

Entities

People

  • Edwin H. Grant Jr.
  • Joseph Wenograd

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Heat Transfer
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Systems
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Propellant Grains
  • Rocket Engines
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.