Interrupted-burning tests of plasma-ignited JA2 and M30 grains in a closed chamber

Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 133-142

  Birk, Avi ^a   Del Guercio, Miguel ^a   Kinkennon, Amy ^a   Kooker, Douglas E ^a   Kaste, Pamela ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FRACTURE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; IGNITION; PLASMAS;

PLASMA PROPELLANT IGNITION; PROPELLANT GRAIN FRACTURE; SOFTWARE PACKAGE BRLCB; SOFTWARE PACKAGE XNOVAKTC;

SOLID PROPELLANTS;

EID: 0033726197     PISSN: 07213115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1521-4087(200006)25:3<133::AID-PREP133>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. M. Del Guercio, "Propellant Burn Rate Modification by Plasma Injection", 34th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, West Palm Beach, FL, CPIA Publication 662, Vol. I, October 1997, pp. 35-42.
2. C. R. Woodley and S. Fuller, "Apparent Enhanced Burn Rates of Solid Propellants Due to Plasmas", 16th International Symposium on Ballistics, San Francisco, CA, 23-28 September 1996, pp. 153-162.
3. W. G. Proud and N. K. Bourne, "The Electrothermal Enhancement of Propellant Burning by Plasma Injection", Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 22, 212-217 (1997).
4. H. K. Haak, A. M. Voronov and Th. H. G. G. Weise, "The Interaction of Electrothermally Supplied Energy with Compact Solid Propellants", 9th EML Symposium, Edinburgh, Scotland, May 13-15, 1998.
5. W. F. Oberle and G. P. Wren, "Radiative and Convective Heat Loss in Electrothermal-Chemical (ETC) Closed Chambers", 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Vol. I, December 1998, pp. 229-236.
6. W. F. Oberle and D. E. Kooker, "BRLCB: A Closed-Chamber Data Analysis Program", ARL-TR-36, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, January 1993.
7. D. E. Kooker, "Burning Rate Deduced from ETC Closed-Chamber Experiments: Implications for Temperature Sensitivity of Gun Systems", 35th JANNAF Combustion Subcommittee Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Vol. II, December 1998, pp. 201-217.
8. P. S. Gough, "The XNOVAKTC Code", BRL-CR-627, U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, February 1990.
9. K. W. Klingaman and J. K. Domen, "The Role of Vivacity in Closed Vessel Analysis", JANNAF Propellant Development and Characterization Subcommittee Meeting, Patrick AFB, FL, April 1994.