Burning Phenomena of Solid Propellants

Abstract

Dynamic behavior of the burning surface of propellants has been captured as a function of pressure via movies taken with a 30-frames/ s vi deo camera. These movies can be played with the CD version of this manuscript. A windowed vessel capable of pressurization was used to burn the propellants XM39, M43, HMX2, MlO, M30, JA2, and RDX over a pressure range from 0.1 to 3 MPa. The SVHS video camera was angled down to capture the dynamic surface behavior and provide some basis for assessing the validity of a one-dimensional approximation of the surface. Along with these propellant movies, plots of linear burning rate vs. pressure h ave been included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 30, 2001
Accession Number
AD1000063

Entities

People

  • John A. Vanderhoff
  • Martin S. Miller

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Cameras
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Classification
  • Combustion
  • Military Research
  • Propellants
  • Security
  • Solid Propellants
  • United States Military Academy
  • Video
  • Video Cameras
  • Video Frames

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Computer Vision.
  • Rocket Propulsion.