Time-Temperature Shift Factors for Gun Propellants

Abstract

To estimate the response of gun propellants at higher rates than can be easily reached within the laboratory, stress relaxation measurements have been made in compression for single- (M14), double- (JA2), and triple-based (M30) propellants, as well as a nitramine composite (M43) gun propellant, over the temperature range of -40 to 60 degrees celcius. Master curves were generated and shift factors were calculated which were used to determine the time- temperature shift factors for each of the propellants over these temperatures.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA264979

Entities

People

  • Michael G. Leadore
  • Robert J. Lieb

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artillery
  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Energetic Materials
  • Explosives
  • Failure Mode And Effect Analysis
  • Gun Propellants
  • Jet Propulsion
  • Liquid Explosives
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Propellants
  • Research Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.