An Attempt to Reconcile Compression Sensitivity Data on Liquid Gun Propellants

Abstract

This report is an attempt to reconcile apparent discrepancies between conclusions drawn from compression ignition sensitivity test results of liquid gun propellants obtained independently by Princeton Combustion Research Laboratories, Inc. (PCRL) and Ernst-Mach-Institut, Abteilung fur Ballistik (EMI- AFB). Here we define compression ignition as an undesirable ignition event arising from hot spot development associated with entrapped bubble collapse under rapid compression of the liquid propellant charge. Keywords: Compression ignition, Liquid propellant guns, Liquid guns propellants, Adiabatic compression.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA198113

Entities

People

  • Neale A. Messina

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Compression Ignition
  • Data Sets
  • Gun Propellants
  • Ignition
  • Liquid Gun Propellants
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Monopropellants
  • Pressurization
  • Propellants
  • Test Fixtures

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Theoretical Analysis.