Accession Number:

ADA505800

Title:

Propellant Formulation Development for Future Army Weapons Systems By Means of Advanced Modeling and Flame Kinetics Research

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

ARMY RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Sausa, R.
• Grams, M.
• Conner, C.
• Anderson, W.

Report Date:

2008-12-01

Pagination or Media Count:

6.0

Abstract:

We apply our experimental and modeling results of a number of burner-stabilized flames relevant to the combustion of solid propellants to calculate the burning rates of tri-amino-guanidinium-azotetrazolate TAGzT with and without a nitrate ester-based propellant using our CYCLOPS combustion model that we developed at US Army Research Laboratory. The model employs a detailed, chemical reaction mechanism containing 59 species and 368 reactions. Our calculations show that TAGzT enhances the burning rate of the base propellant over a range of pressures used for rockets and guns a factor of three at 10 MPa.

Descriptors:

• *WEAPONS
• *ARMY EQUIPMENT
• *SOLID PROPELLANTS
• MODELS
• COMBUSTION
• FORMULATIONS(CHEMISTRY)
• CHEMICAL REACTIONS
• SYMPOSIA
• BURNING RATE
• ESTERS
• ARMY RESEARCH
• KINETICS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Combustion and Ignition

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE