Static Electricity Phenomena in the Manufacture and Handling of Solid Propellants

Abstract

The studies described herein show that capacitive discharges and constant potentials may ignite the combustion of composite propellants. The results analysis allowed SNPE to point out criteria based upon percolation phenomena and specific laws of volumic resistivity as a function of temperature. The above criteria should be able to predict, - with a rather good approximation, - the behavior of some propellants in regard to static electricity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADP000465

Entities

People

  • Ralph Kent

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Electric Charge
  • Electric Current
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electrodes
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electronic Components
  • First Order Circuits
  • Ignition
  • Low Voltage
  • Propellant Grains
  • Propellants
  • Solid Propellants
  • Static Electricity
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Rocket Propulsion.