Nonmetallized composite propellant combustion
By: by D.W. Netzer, J.R. Kennedy, G.M. Biery and W.E. Brown
Contributors: Kennedy, J. R.; Biery, George Monroe; Brown, W. E.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1972
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 114
Subjects: Solid propellants; Combustion
Description: An experimental investigation of nonmetallized composite propellant combustion in standard and high acceleration environments was made. Pressed ammonium perchlorate (AP) pellets of varying purity, AP/binder sandwich burners, and propellant strands were employed. AP/binder sandwich burners where studied in an optically equipped centrifuge and color schlieren were taken in a conventional combustion bomb. Ascast and dewetted propellants were used to study the effect of preferential interfacial reactions on burning rate acceleration sensitivity. Results are discussed for the effects of acceleration, pressure, AP purity, and propellant composition on the burning rate. (Author)
Notes: Title from cover.

"1 March 1972"--Cover.

"NPS-57NT72031A"--Cover.

DTIC Descriptors: Dewettable solids.

Author(s) subject terms: Solid propellent, composite, sandwich, AP, burning rate, acceleration, pressure.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 42-44)

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; 1972.