Temperature Gradients and Stress Measurement in Solid Propellants,

Abstract

By employing uniaxial viscoelastic propellant data, it is demonstrated that normally neglected thermal gradients in propellant can significantly affect the results of a stress analysis in solid propellant rocket grains. The problems related to the direct measurement of stresses in solid propellant are identified and reviewed, and an appropriate stress transducer is proposed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0888017

Entities

People

  • Anthony San Miguel
  • E. N. Duran

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Energetic Materials
  • Isotherms
  • Lepidoptera
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Propellant Grains
  • Solid Propellants
  • Solid Rocket Propellants
  • Stress Analysis
  • Stresses
  • Temperature Gradients

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Fluid Dynamics.
  • Materials Science (Mechanical Engineering).
  • Rocket Propulsion.