The present paper considers utilization of rocket motor propellant grains
that consist of two propellants. The idea is to achieve approximately
neutral burning using an outer surface inhibited cylindrical shape and
complex contact surface between propellants. An existing propellant grain
with complex geometry has been analytically modeled in terms of
determination of evolution of corresponding burning surface areas. The
analytical and experimental results? diagrams of this grain have been found
to have a saw-tooth shape because of the segments that separate the two
propellants, causing potential problems in the burning process during the
relatively short active phase, showing an obvious need for further
optimization. This has created an opportunity for development of improved
propellant grain geometry and corresponding mathematical model for
determination of main interior ballistic parameters. Comparison between
calculation results based on both models and experimentally determined
chamber pressure data shows very good agreement. Therefore, two-component
propellant grains have significant application possibilities using the
suggested modeling approaches.
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