SOLID PROPELLANT MECHANICAL PROPERTIES INVESTIGATIONS.

Abstract

The most significant findings of the research program were: (1) Mechanical properties were interrelated by path-independent equations based on strain-energy-time functions; (2) an empirical failure envelope of log W(T/Tsub o) vs. log t/a sub T was found to be pathindependent; (3) data taken at various humidity levels could be handled similarly to data taken at various temperatures; (4) it was found that propellant behavior could be described by equations from finite elastic theory; (5) results suggest that a criterion for uniaxial failure in a propellant of high solids content is a minimum lateral area governed by maximum packing density. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 02, 1964
Accession Number
AD0608838

Entities

People

  • James A. Rinde
  • Norman Fishman

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energetic Materials
  • Equations
  • Humidity
  • Materials
  • Mechanical Properties
  • Packing Density
  • Physical Properties
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Powder metallurgy of Titanium alloys.