Ebook: Solid Propellant Chemistry, Combustion, and Motor Interior Ballistics

This book brings together the world’s most highly regarded scientists in the field of solid rocket propulsion and provides in-depth coverage on a wide range of topics including:

Advanced materials and nontraditional formulations.

Chemical aspects of organic and inorganic components in relation to decomposition mechanisms, kinetics, combustion, and modeling.

Safety issues, hazards and explosive characteristics.

Experimental and computational interior ballistics research, including chemical information and the physics of the complex flowfield.

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Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
•Part I. Propellant Chemistry, Synthesis, and Formulation
1.1 Flash Pyrolysis of Ammonium Perchlorate-Hydroxyl-Terminated-Polybutadiene Mixtures Including Selected Additives
1.2 Gas-Phase Chemical Kinetics of [C, H, N, O] Systems Relevant to Combustion of Nitramines
1.3 Reactivity of Azide Polymer Propellants
1.4 Effect of Molecular Structure on Combustion of Polynitrogen Energetic Materials
1.5 Molecular Structure Tailoring of Binders in Solid Propellants
1.6 Effects of Microstructure on Explosive Behavior
1.7 Advances in Solid Propellant Formulations
1.8 Synthesis and Characterization of Dinitramidic Acid and its Salts
1.9 Hazards Associated with Solid Propellants
•Part II. Combustion of Solid Energetic Materials
2.1 Overview of Combustion Mechanisms and Flame Structures for Advanced Solid Propellants
2.2 Physico-Chemical Mechanisms of Solid Propellant Combustion
2.3 Flame Structure of Solid Propellants
2.4 Experimental Studies of Nitramine/Azide Propellant Combustion
2.5 Optical Diagnostics of Solid-Propellant Flame Structures
2.6 Thermal Decomposition and Combustion of GAP/AN/Nitrate Ester Propellants
2.7 Thermal Decomposition of Potassium Dinitramide at Elevated Pressure
2.8 Combustion Mechanism of 3-Azidomethyl-3-Methyloxetane (AMMO) Composite Propellants
2.9 Burning Rate Characteristics of Glycidyl Azide Polymer (GAP) Fuels and Propellants
2.10 Effects of Carbon Substances on Combustion Properties of Catalyzed RDX-CMDB Propellants
2.11 Modeling of RDX/GAP Propellant Combustion with Detailed Chemical Kinetics
2.12 Energetic-Material Combustion Modeling with Elementary Gas-Phase Reactions: A Practical Approach
2.13 Burning-Rate Prediction of Double-Base Plateau Propellants
2.14 Structure and Stability of Deflagrations in Porous Energetic Materials
2.15 Modeling of Cook-off Reaction Violence of Confined Energetic Materials
2.16 Solid Propellant Combustion Response: Quasi-Steady (QSHOD) Theory Development and Validation
2.17 Burning-Rate Response Functions of Composite-Modified Double-Base Propellants and HMX
2.18 Combustion of Aluminized Solid Propellants
2.19 Detailed Studies on the Flame Structure of Aluminum Particle Combustion
2.20 Combustion of Aluminum Particles in Solid-Rocket Motor Flows
2.21 Formation of Condensed Combustion Products at the Burning Surface of Solid Rocket Propellant
2.22 Measurements of the Physico-Chemical Properties of Liquid Alumina Using Contactless Techniques
•Part III. Motor Interior Ballistics
3.1 Effect of Acoustic Oscillation on Flow Development in a Simulated Nozzleless Rocket Motor
3.2 Stability and Acoustic Resonance of Internal Flows Generated by Side Injection
3.3 Turbulent Transport in Rocket Motor Unsteady Flowfield
3.4 Some Aspects of Two-Phase Flows in Solid-Propellant Rocket Motors
3.5 Combustion Dynamics of Homogenous Solid Propellants in a Rocket Motor with Acoustic Excitations
3.6 Combustion Characteristics of Aluminized HTPB/AP Propellants in Acceleration Fields
3.7 Pulsed Motor Firings
3.8 Transverse Waves in Solid-Propellant Rocket Motors: Pulse-Triggered Unstable Mode
Author Index