Combustion Mechanisms of Solid Propellants.

Abstract

Investigation of mechanisms of combustion and combustion zone microstructure continued, using ammonium perchlorate-hydro-carbon binder sandwiches and the quench-burning method to obtain high resolution measurements. Binder-thickness deflagration limits were also determined, and work started on measurement of burning rate vs binder thickness. On the basis of results to date, a modified picture of the combustion zone is proposed that differs sharply from the classical model, particularly in those regions of the sandwich surface that are close enough to the AP-binder interface to correspond to processes in solid propellant combustion. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 27, 1981
Accession Number
ADA105163

Entities

People

  • E. W. Price
  • R. K. Sigman
  • R. R. Panyam

Organizations

  • Georgia Tech

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammonium Perchlorate
  • Burning Rate
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Exothermic Reactions
  • Heat Transfer
  • High Pressure
  • High Resolution
  • Ignition
  • Leading Edges
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Particle Size
  • Photography
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Materials Science and Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.