Composite Propellant Ignition and Extinction by CO2 Laser at Subatmospheric Pressure

Ignition of AP-based composite solid pro

Ignition of AP-based composite solid propellants containing nitramines exposed to CO2 laser radiation at subatmospheric pressures

✍ Takeo Saito; Masataka Shimoda; Toshio Yamaya; Akira Iwama 📂 Article 📅 1991 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 614 KB

Ignition characteristics of AP-based composite solid propellants that contained either HMX or RDX, were investigated using a CO2 laser at relatively low heat flux and subatmospheric pressures, in order to simulate space environments and also simplify our understanding of the nature of ignition pheno