Hot Plate Flammability Tests

Abstract

A flammability test apparatus has been constructed which applies a propellant test specimen to a heated copper block for precisely controlled intervals of time. In this way the ignition time can be determined as a function of the copper block temperature. Ignition time is defined as the shortest time interval over which the propellant sample must be applied to the copper block so that sustained burning occurs. Data has been obtained for a double base propellant, X-14, some experimental propellants formulated at Princeton University and two Thiokol/Wasatch propellants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0762149

Entities

People

  • Hughes E. Holmes
  • Richard C. Strittmater

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Combustion
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Equations
  • Flammability
  • Heat Shields
  • Ignition
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Intervals
  • Propellants
  • Schematic Diagrams
  • Solenoids
  • Solid Propellants
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity
  • Time Intervals
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Regression Analysis.
  • Rocket Propulsion.