Abstract

To characterize the combustion properties of solid propellants, the synchronized measurement method of burning rate and combustion temperature is proposed combined shadow imaging and radiation imaging. Using spectroscopic and filtering imaging, shadow and radiation images of a solid propellant specimen are obtained synchronously. Burning rate is calculated by burning surface movement velocity of shadow images, and combustion temperature is calculated by radiation image thermometry. Measurement accuracies of burning rate and combustion temperature of the solid propellant specimen are validated by other independent measurement methods. On this basis, the synchronized measurements of burning rate and combustion temperature of different formulations of solid propellant specimens under different working conditions are carried out. The results show that the influence on burning rate and combustion temperature of pressure and formulas is different. Therefore, the synchronized measurement of burning rate and combustion temperature can provide more direct data support for the evaluation of solid propellant combustion performance.

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