Effects of a Magnetic Field on Burning Rate of Solid Propellant

Abstract

Preliminary experiments conducted by the Interior Ballistics Laboratory to determine if a magnetic field applied during low pressure combustion of solid propellant can alter the burning rate have shown positive results. Experiments were conducted with a field strength of 15000 gauss applied to composite propellants containing aluminum additive burning at atmospheric and sub-atmospheric pressures. Although results showed wide scatter of data, it appears that burning rate variations of plus or minus 10% could be obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0763894

Entities

People

  • Leland A. Watermeier
  • Samuel P. Pfaff
  • Webster M. Kendrick
  • William P. Aungst

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Additives (Chemicals)
  • Aluminum
  • Burning Rate
  • Charged Particles
  • Combustion
  • Composite Materials
  • Diffusion Coefficient
  • Electrons
  • Interior Ballistics
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Spectroscopy.