The Dynamics of Solid Propellant Combustion.

Abstract

A nonlinear stability analysis of solid rocket propellant burning was carried out, within the framework of a thermal theory for thin (quasi-steady gas phase) heterogeneous flames. This required an integral method in reducing the partial differential equation for the condensed phase heat conduction to an approximate ordinary differential equation. A nonlinear algebraic function, called static restoring function, was found that contains all basic properties of equilibrium and stability of burning solid propellants.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA082881

Entities

People

  • Aldo Coghe
  • Aldolfo Reggiori
  • Luigi De Luca

Organizations

  • Polytechnic University of Milan

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algebraic Functions
  • Chemical Reaction Properties
  • Combustion
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Solid Rocket Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Control Systems Engineering.