Combustion Characteristics of Consolidated Propellants Resulting from Different Consolidation Techniques

Abstract

Three sets of propellant (M5) consolidated using different consolidation techniques were subjected to closed bomb firings. Each group of propellant increments (40 mm x 25 mm) was compacted to three densities ranging from 1.10 to 1.39 g/cc. Effective burning rates and surface area profiles were extracted from closed bomb data for comparison. Additionally, interrupted closed bomb burning experiments were performed in an attempt to detect differences in deconsolidation due to fabrication techniques. The picture which emerges from these studies is that sample deconsolidation is essentially complete at a very early stage (42 to 70 MPa) of the combustion cycle. Consolidated charges, Burning rates M5 propellant, Surface area profiles, Closed chamber tests, Propellant progressivity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA201106

Entities

People

  • Arpad A. Juhasz
  • J. O. Doali
  • Roger E. Bowman
  • William P. Aungst

Organizations

  • Ballistic Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ammunition
  • Burning Rate
  • Chemistry
  • Combustion
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Geometry
  • Ignition Systems
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Military Research
  • Munitions
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Projectiles
  • Propellants
  • Propelling Charges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.