Numerical Method to Estimate Thermal Conductivity of a Model Composite Propellant

Rajoriya, Gaurav; Vijay, Chaitanya; Ramakrishna, P. A.

doi:10.2514/6.2016-4597

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“…This is quite opposite to the trends of temperature sensitivity observed here (refer Figure 4) for the aluminized propellant. In a recent literature, Gaurav et al [23] have brought out the fact that with the reduction in AP particle size the thermal conductivity of the propellant increases. As explained earlier, the temperature sensitivity increases with increase in thermal conductivity as observed in reference [6].…”

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Enhancement of Aluminum Reactivity to Achieve High Burn Rate for an End Burning Rocket Motor

Marothiya

Ramakrishna

2017

Propellants Explo Pyrotec

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Aluminum is used in solid propellants to increase the specific impulse (Isp). It is desirable to have high propellant loading in any stage as it reduces the structural coefficient and an end burning grain is known to be the one with the highest propellant loading. As aluminum combustion is a slow process, the time available for aluminum combustion in an end burning configuration will be very small at the start of the combustion process. This demands an increase in the reactivity of the aluminum. This study is built on the fact that mechanical activation of aluminum powder with PTFE (poly‐tetra‐flouro‐ethylene) enhances the reactivity of aluminum powder. This study also deals with the use of this activated aluminum powder in conjunction with various other methods to enhance the burn rates of the solid propellant. The temperature sensitivity was also measured. Based on these results, new designs with end burning grains for the third stage of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and for the second and third stage of Pegasus launch vehicle have been proposed to increase the payload capacity. With this new design, it is seen that the payload can be increased by 12.7 % and 17.6 % for PSLV and Pegasus, respectively. The novelty of this design is that with no changes to any other hardware of the above two systems the increase in payload can be achieved.

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