NEPE Propellant

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

Specifications

减压燃烧
{'zh': '5.2', 'en': ''} ms
core temperature K
{'zh': '', 'en': '-3.5'} MPa

Advantages

Oxidizer/binder interface temperature ~950 K at 3.4 MPa