Enhanced combustion under depressurization
A composite solid propellant with a three-dimensional non-planar microstructure of AP/HMX particles in a nitrate ester binder, where leading-edge flames intensify burning and enhance gas-phase heat release, providing microscopic insights into combustion instability in solid rocket motors.
Kaixuan, Chen · Ye, Zhenwei · Yizhe, Yu · Xue, Xiaochun · Yu, Yonggang
Combustion and Flame 2024
Oxidizer/binder interface temperature ~950 K at 3.4 MPa