Research on the Ignition of Solid Propellants.

Abstract

The specific areas of research to be reported on here fall under several headings, as follows: (1) ignition of solid fuels and solid propellants by heat conduction (shock tube); (2) theory of ignition in steady and nonsteady diffusion flames; (3) ignition by intense radiation (experiments with CW IR laser); (4) theory of ignition by radiation; (5) ignition in a convective flow field (shock tunnel experiments). The general objective of the work in all of these areas is an increased understanding of ignition in a rocket motor environment which will yield ultimately, design principles and rules useful to the rocket motor engineer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 15, 1969
Accession Number
AD0853519

Entities

People

  • Martin Summerfield

Organizations

  • Princeton University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Engineering
  • Boundary Layer
  • Chemical Kinetics
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Propellants
  • Engineering
  • Flow Fields
  • Heat Flux
  • Ignition
  • Ignition Lag
  • Propellants
  • Radiation
  • Rocket Engines
  • Shock Tubes
  • Shock Tunnels
  • Solid Fuels
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy