Summary of Experimental Efforts to Determine Plasma-Augmented Burn Rates for Solid Propellants.

Abstract

This report summarizes results of plasma propellant combustion studies performed on M5 and JA2 solid propellants. Both static (fixed pressure) and dynamic (variable pressure) closed chamber firings are analyzed to provide insight into the p1asma propellant combustion process. Results indicate that the plasma may influence propellant combustion (as measured by propellant burn rate) early in the combustion cycle, but appears to have little or no impact once ful1 propellant burning begins.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA298080

Entities

People

  • I. Stobie
  • K. White
  • M. Bourham
  • M. Del Guercio
  • W. Oberle

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Combustion Products
  • Electric Power
  • Energetic Materials
  • Gages
  • Geometry
  • Heat Flux
  • Ignition
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Physical Properties
  • Plasma Generators
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Propulsion Engineering.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation