Combustion Transients of Solid Propellants.

Abstract

The report is largely a restatement of conclusions, with reference to previous publications for details. The areas of study reported are an evaluation of the hot-wire-ignition method for characterizing propellants; the development and study of a gas-fueled analog of the solid-propellant T-burner; a study of low frequency (L*) combustion of L* during a test; a study of high frequency acoustic instability of solid propellants, both a T-burner and a radial-mode, radial-flow burner being used with the same propellants systems; the development and evaluation of a technique for measuring the solid-propellant response function to external energy perturbations at the burning surface; the measurement and evaluation of transient temperatures of propellant flames during rapid depressurization; and a detailed characterization of the low-pressure-combustion phenomena for several different solid propellants including studies of the low-pressure deflagration limit, the electrical conductance near the surface, the extinguishment requirements, and spontaneous reignition. (Author Modified Abstract)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 1973
Accession Number
AD0757234

Entities

People

  • Alva D. Baer
  • Norman W. Ryan

Organizations

  • University of Utah

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Composite Propellants
  • Electric Power
  • High Pressure
  • Ignition
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Particle Size
  • Rocket Engines
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thermal Radiation

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electronics Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.