Relationship Between Propellant Composition and Flash and Smoke Produced by Combustion Products

Abstract

Part 1 of this report discusses progress on studies of gun muzzle flash, and Part 2 presents the results of work on gun smoke. A shock tube has been used to measure the ignition limits of mixtures of air and muzzle gas (simulated by mixing gases in the proportions of calculated propellant combustion products). Limits have been obtained for mixtures of air and M17 muzzle gas at pressures between one and six atmospheres, and for mixtures of air and M2 muzzle gas at one atmosphere.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 13, 1959
Accession Number
AD0750187

Entities

People

  • O. N. Rudyj
  • S. P. Carfagno

Organizations

  • Franklin Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Barometric Pressure
  • Chemical Analysis
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion Products
  • Dynamics
  • Elements
  • Gas Dynamics
  • Guns
  • Ignition Lag
  • Indicator Dyes
  • Measurement
  • Payload
  • Propellants
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • ballistics.