Nonmetallized Composite Propellant Combustion

Abstract

An experimental investigation of nonmetallized composite propellant combustion in standard and high acceleration environments was made. Pressed ammonium perchlorate (AP) pellets of varying purity, AP/binder sandwich burners, and propellant strands were employed. AP/binder sandwich burners where studied in an optically equipped centrifuge and color schlieren were taken in a conventional combustion bomb. Ascast and dewetted propellants were used to study the effect of preferential interfacial reactions on burning rate acceleration sensitivity. Results are discussed for the effects of acceleration, pressure, AP purity, and propellant composition on the burning rate.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0741072

Entities

People

  • D. W. Netzer
  • G. M. Biery Ii
  • J. R. Kennedy
  • W. E. Brown

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Burning Rate
  • Cameras
  • Color Film
  • Combustion
  • Composite Propellants
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Fuel Additives
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Microscopes
  • Photographs
  • Propellants
  • Scanning Electron Microscopes
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.