Research on Non-Steady Combustion and Extinguishment.

Abstract

Five different types of combustion experiments were carried out: conditioning temperature experiments, experiments to show the effects of external thermal radiation, measurements of steady flame temperature, experiments to determine the L*-stability limit, and T-Burner experiments. Propellant samples from one particular lot of the Naval Weapons Center formulation A-13 were subjected to all five types of experiments. In addition, the three different formulations were subjected to the thermal radiation tests. An attempt was then made to correlate the experimental data with the predictions of a simplified theoretical model. The theoretical model was found to satisfactorily correlate the effects of variations in conditioning temperature and thermal radiation using a value for the gas phase activation energy, Eg, of 45 Kcal/mole, provided that the variation of the flame temperature with pressure was adequately accounted for. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0755860

Entities

People

  • M. Duane Horton
  • Ralph L. Coates

Organizations

  • Brigham Young University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Combustion
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Energy
  • Experimental Data
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Measurement
  • Propellants
  • Radiation
  • Thermal Radiation

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.