Research on Non-Steady Combustion and Extinguishment.

Abstract

Experimental and theoretical studies were carried out on acoustic instability during combustion of solid propellants. Experimental tests were made with a conventional T-Burner and with a Quarter-Wave Burner. Special configurations of the T-Burner were used to provide information relative to the dissipation or amplification of acoustic energy by the mean flow field. Measurements were made of the rate of growth of acoustic pressure amplitudes and high speed photographs were taken of the burner plume. These tests indicate that mean flow from burning surfaces parallel to the acoustic field produce a stabilizing effect. Conventional T-Burner data for five different propellant formulations are reported. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0760788

Entities

People

  • M. Duane Horton
  • Ralph L. Coates

Organizations

  • Brigham Young University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Acoustic Fields
  • Amplification
  • Amplitude
  • Combustion
  • Dissipation
  • Flow
  • Flow Fields
  • Instability
  • Measurement
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Rocket Propulsion.