Specific Impulse Losses of Metallized Solid Propellants,
Abstract
In the combustion products of a metallized propellant, the condensed phase is composed of microscopic particles suspended in the gaseous phase. This aspect of the flow is manifested in a specific impulse loss that may reach 10% of the theoretical value given by thermodynamic calculation. The problem of specific impulse losses is partly related to that of relaxed flows, from the two-phase standpoint, of a suspension. An analytical formula is given here permitting the estimation of the specific impulse loss due to kinetic and thermal phase shifts.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 26, 1974
- Accession Number
- ADA004354
Entities
People
- P. Kuentzmann
Organizations
- National Air and Space Intelligence Center