The Sensitivity of Double Base Propellant Burning Rate to Initial Temperature

Abstract

The Parr-Crawford, overlapping zone, model of double base propellant combustion, has been programmed for the fizz burning process. Burning rate, surface temperature, and maximum fizz zone temperature are measured at nominal range conditions (1 atm, 293 K) for a given propellant and used in the model to determine the pre-exponential factors in the two Arrhenius reaction rate equations. The values of these two factors are then held constant as initial temperature and pressure are varied. From these solutions, points on the curves of constant initial temperature (To) are plotted on a graph of the log burning rate (r) vs log pressure (p). From these graphs it can be observed from the slope and spacing of the lines whether a burning rate law of the form r = Co exp(oTo)pn can be used to systematize the model solutions; i.e., if the lines are straight and the vertical distance between lines is proportional to the difference in initial temperature, the n and o can be given constant values. In this equation, n is the burning rate exponent and is equal to the slope of the lines. If all the initial temperature dependence is concentrated in the exponential term, then o can be defined as the initial temperature sensitivity of the burning rate. Co then depends only on propellant composition.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA022200

Entities

People

  • Emma M. Wineholt
  • Hughes E. Holmes
  • Richard C. Strittmater

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheres
  • Burning Rate
  • Cameras
  • Chambers
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Coefficients
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Equations
  • Heat Of Activation
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Surface Temperature

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  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Mathematics or Statistics
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster