Ignition of a Solid Polymeric Fuel in a Hot Oxidizing Gas Stream,

Abstract

The highly complex nature of composite propellants has led to several postulates as to the controlling element of their ignition mechanism; exothermic chemical reactions in the condensed phase, on the surface, and in the gas phase, have been proposed. In an attempt to identify the rate-controlling exothermic reaction, one-dimensional conduction mode experiments with a shock tube and two-dimensional convective mode experiments with a shock tunnel were performed with pure polymer and propellant speciments. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0746042

Entities

People

  • Bruce M. Macdonald
  • Hiroshi Isoda
  • Martin Summerfield
  • Takashi Kashiwagi

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Endothermic Reactions
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Ignition
  • Materials
  • Propellants
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Tubes
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics.