Abstract

Understanding the combustion behaviors of solid propellant with different levels of strains is of practical interest. In this work, an experimental study of the effects of static and dynamic strains on the burning rate, temperature, CO, and ${{\rm{CO}}_2}$ formation of aluminized ammonium perchlorate (AP)-hydroxyl terminated poly-butadiene (HTPB) propellant combustion was presented at initial pressures of 0.1 MPa, 0.2 MPa, and 0.5 MPa. The strains were being applied onto solid propellant by exerting static and cyclic loadings. The propellant burning rate was acquired by a 4 kHz high-speed photography system, and the combustion temperature, CO, and ${{\rm{CO}}_2}$ column densities were measured at 10 kHz through laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS). At atmospheric pressure, it was demonstrated that the propellant burning rate increased with tensile stress and decreased with compressive stress. The measured flame temperature showed a similar correlation with strains as compared to the propellant burning rate. At elevated pressures, the increase of the propellant burning rate due to tensile stress was more evident, while the difference in combustion temperatures was less significant. For the cyclic strain condition, the variations of the measured ${{\rm{CO}}_2}$ and CO column densities were consistent with the static strain condition.

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