Convective Burning in Propellant Defects: A Literature Review

Abstract

This report presents a survey of literature describing the onset and development of convective combustion--one of the first steps associated with the transition of deflagration-to-detonation of solid propellants. It contains results from experiments using various single pore (or channel) geometry and porous bed geometry, as well as damaged propellant samples. A section describes the results from various analytical models as applied to single pore and porous bed geometries. Attributes that favor convective combustion are presented in the context of: attributes favoring gas flow into the defects, attributes favoring ignition of the pore surfaces, and attributes favoring acceleration of the convective front.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1978
Accession Number
ADA051867

Entities

People

  • Harold H. Bradley Jr.
  • Thomas L. Boggs

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Burning Rate
  • Chemistry
  • Closed Bomb Tests
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Products
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Flow
  • Heat Transfer
  • Literature Surveys
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Solid Propellants

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