Monitoring Liquid Propellant during Surveillance

Abstract

The U.S. Army's commitment to develop insensitive munitions systems has led to the testing of liquid gun propellants as a potential replacement of solid propellants used in the 105 mm and 155-mm guns. A necessity for acceptance is the ability to be stored for indefinite periods under specified field exposure conditions. The stability and therefore integrity of these propellants, after being stored for extended periods of time, is necessary in order to meet ballistic requirements. The long-term storage of liquid propellants is required to determine whether there is any instability, its cause, and if necessary, its prevention. At present, fail/safe criteria is not available for liquid propellants under long-term storage conditions. A methodology is being developed to establish this criteria. (js)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA225768

Entities

People

  • E. Turngren
  • G. Doyle
  • S. P. Griff
  • W. O. Seals

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Ballistics
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Decomposition
  • Gun Propellants
  • Insensitive Explosives
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Gun Propellants
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Monitoring
  • Munitions
  • Nanofibers
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Standards

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Systems Analysis and Design