THE BURNING MECHANISM OF AMMONIUM PERCHLORATE-BASED COMPOSITE SOLID PROPELLANTS

Abstract

Theories of propellant burning are briefly reviewed in the light of previous studies of the burning behavior and flame structure of composite ammonium perchlorate (AP) propellant. Those studies showed that the granular diffusion flame (GDF) theory conforms to the known structure of the propellant flame, and is quantitatively valid for a wide class of practical AP propellants, much more so than any other theory proposed for composite propellants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1969
Accession Number
AD0688944

Entities

People

  • J. A. Steinz
  • M. Summerfield
  • P. L. Stang

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Composite Propellants
  • Crystal Structure
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Polymer Degradation
  • Resins

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Rocket Propulsion.