Closed-Chamber Analysis of M5 Propellant Lot RAD-64597

Abstract

The Advanced Propulsion Technology Branch (APTB) of the Propulsion and Flight Division (PFD) is currently engaged in the investigation of both liquid and solid propellant electrothermal-chemical (ETC) propulsion concepts. A major goal of this technology investigation is to demonstrate that ETC propulsion offers performance advantages (increase muzzle kinetic energy) in comparison to conventional solid propellant performance. To experimentally quantify differences in performance between ETC and conventional solid propellant technologies requires optimization of the propelling charges. For solid propellant ETC (SPETC) such an optimization requires an accurate knowledge of the burning characteristics (linear burn rate) of the propellant. For the APTB experimental program, one of the baseline solid propellants will be M5,lot RAD-64597

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA266321

Entities

People

  • William F. Oberle

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Birds
  • Burning Rate
  • Closed Bomb Tests
  • Combustion
  • Data Reduction
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Geometry
  • Gunpowder
  • Heat Loss
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Military Research
  • Physical Properties
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Transducers
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.
  • Systems Analysis and Design