Novel Real-Time Nondestructive Technology for Chemical and Structural Health Management of Solid Rocket Propellants

Abstract

An innovative prognostics and chemical health management (CHM) technique was developed, for quantifying and characterizing health status of a CL-01 composite solid rocket propellant of tactical rocket motors. The technique isa cutting-edge real-time nondestructive technology approach which utilizes Near Infrared (NIR) spectra (M. Blanco, andI. Villarroya, 2002) emitted by microPHAZIR(trademark) NIR miniature handheld platform, developed by Thermo FisherScientific. Benchtop high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and ion chromatography (IC) were utilized as baseline reference techniques for correlation to microPHAZIR(trademark) NIR measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 23, 2014
Accession Number
AD1002584

Entities

People

  • Gordon Kinloch
  • Kevin D. Bailey
  • Michal J. Villeburn
  • Sami Daoud

Organizations

  • Raytheon Missiles & Defense

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Data Sets
  • Detectors
  • Explosives
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Measurement
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Nato
  • Plastic Bonded Explosives
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Spectra
  • Standards
  • Tensile Strength

Readers

  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Facility/Structural Engineering.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.