Fundamentals of solid-propellant combustion [electronic resource] / edited by Kenneth K. Kuo, Martin Summerfield.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kuo, Kenneth K.

Summerfield, Martin.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 90.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 90

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solid propellants--Combustion.

Solid propellants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (906 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., c1984.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Table of Contents; Authors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Survey of Rocket Propellants and Their Combustion Characteristics; Performance of a Solid-Propellant Rocket Motor; Stable Combustion of a Rocket Motor; Temperature Sensitivity of Burning Rate; Thermochemical Properties of Propellant Ingredients; Thermochemical Properties of Propellant Combustion Products; Combustion Processes of Various Types of Solid Propellants; Double-Base Propellants; Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellants; Composite Modified Double-Base Propellants

Nitramine Composite PropellantsBurning Rate Controlling Factors of Solid Propellants; Combustion Characteristics Required for Solid Propellants and General Description of the Combustion Wave; Heat-Transfer Mechanism in Combustion Waves; Heat Transfer in Solid Phase; Heat Transfer in Gas Phase; Reaction Rate in Gas Phase; Burning Rate of Solid Propellant Calculated by a Simplified Gas-Phase Model; Chapter 2. Chemistry of Ignition and Combustion of Ammonium-Perchlorate-Based Propellants; Chemistry of Ignition; Sequence of Ignition; Theories of Ignition; Role of Oxidizer and Binder

Effect of PressureEffect of Oxidizing Atmosphere; Ignition of Composite Propellant Fuels by HClO(sub[4]) Vapor; Preignition Reactions; Effect of Catalysts on Ignition; Chemistry of Combustion; Introduction to Combustion Mechanism; Surface Reactions; Subsurface Reactions; Gas-Phase Reactions; Effect of Catalysts on Propellant Combustion; Future Research Directions; Chapter 3. The Thermal Behavior of Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX) and Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine (HMX); Crystallography; Sublimation of HMX; Decomposition of the Solid RDX and HMX; Liquefaction; Decomposition of Liquid

Pyrolysis of HMXShock Tube Studies; Ignition of HMX; Self-Deflagration of HMX and RDX; Self-Deflagration Rate as a Function of Pressure; Self-Deflagration Rate as a Function of Pressure and Initial Sample Temperature; Surface Structure of Self-Deflagrating HMX; Chapter 4. Chemistry of Nitrate Ester and Nitramine Propellants; Decomposition of Nitrocellulose; Kinetics of Nitrocellulose Decomposition; Products and Mechanism of Nitrocellulose Decomposition; Plasticizers and Stabilizers in Nitrocellulose Decomposition; Catalysis of Nitrate Ester Propellants; Decomposition of Nitramines

Kinetics of HMX and RDX DecompositionProducts and Mechanism of HMX and RDX Pyrolysis; Catalysis of Nitramine Propellants; Flame Zone Chemistry; Chapter 5. Solid-Propellant Ignition Theories and Experiments; Introduction; Radiant Energy Ignition Sources; Shock Tube and Other Ignition Experiments; Theoretical Models of Solid-Propellant Ignition and Related Theory; Comments on Solution Methods; Solid-Phase Reaction Mechanism Theory; Theory of Ignition by Heterogeneous Reaction with External Oxidizer; Gas-Phase Theory of Solid-Propellant Ignition; Gas-Phase Theory-Shock Tube Cases

Gas-Phase Theory-Radiant Heat Input

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-60086-567-4

1-60086-348-5

1-61583-527-X

OCLC:

922978816