Model for Steady-State Combustion of Unimodal Composite Solid Propellants.
Abstract
A model for prediction of burning rate-pressure-crossflow velocity relationships for non-metalized composite propellants containing unimodal oxidizer, given only composition and oxidizer particle size, has been developed. This model embodies many of the concepts used in the Beckstead-Derr-Price model, but contains major modifications, including a postulated columnar diffusion flame bending mechanism for erosive burning. The major part of this paper is devoted to description and discussion of these modifications and to model development. Preliminary predictions of burning rate at various pressures and crossflow velocities have been made for a series of three 73/27 ammonium perchlorate (AP)/hydroxy-terminated-polybutadiene (HTPB) formulations, with oxidizer particle diameters of 5, 20, and 200 microns, and compared with data for these formulations. With optimization of three 'free constants' appearing in the model, it is found to give excellent agreement with no-crossflow burning rate data over the entire range of pressures and particle sizes studied. In all cases, however the predicted sensitivity of burning rate to crossflow velocity is somewhat less than observed experimentally. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1978
- Accession Number
- ADA067585
Entities
People
- Merrill K. King
Organizations
- ARCO