Accession Number:
AD0276642
Title:
FEASIBILITY DEMONSTRATION OF LARGE SEGMENTED SOLID PROPELLANT ROCKET MOTOR WITH DUAL TVC SYSTEM AND THERMAL GRAIN STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
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Corporate Author:
LOCKHEED PROPULSION CO REDLANDS CALIF
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Report Date:
1962-06-12
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
An engineering approximation and confirmatory experiments to the correct theoretical temperature distribution in a propellant grain are given. The limit elastic solutions to several thermal stress problems are presented. Experimental results of cyclic thermal inputs to a uniaxial, end-constrained bar are presented. A comprehensive discussion of theory and experiment relative to the time-temperature shift phenomena is presented. In a preliminary investigation into the photoviscoelastic properties of plasticized epoxy, uniaxial strain were obtained as a function of stress, time, and temperature under dead weight loading. A comparison was obtained between plasticized and unplasticized epoxy in four-point star grain configurations under transient temperature in restraining cases. Two general approximate methods of analysis for the viscoelastic material with temperature-dependent properties under transient temperature fields are given. The methods are demonstrated using a known flat plate solution for comparison and a case-bonded propellant grain. Author