The ballistic properties of a low solid loading composite solid propellant family (Butalites) was studied experimentally by using propellant formulations based on hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene pre-polymer (HTPB...The ballistic properties of a low solid loading composite solid propellant family (Butalites) was studied experimentally by using propellant formulations based on hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene pre-polymer (HTPB) as fuel binder main backbone, mono and bi-modal system ammonium perchlorate oxidizer (AP), copper chromite (CC) as burning rate accelerator and aluminum powder (A1) as metallic fuel. Higher pressures and AP contents as well as smaller AP particle size were found to increase burning rate. The same behavior verified with AI and CC addition. A significant increase of burning rate was recorded when CC added to the aluminized formulations compared with the non-aluminized of the same oxidizer solid loading and particle size.展开更多
文摘The ballistic properties of a low solid loading composite solid propellant family (Butalites) was studied experimentally by using propellant formulations based on hydroxy-terminated polybutadiene pre-polymer (HTPB) as fuel binder main backbone, mono and bi-modal system ammonium perchlorate oxidizer (AP), copper chromite (CC) as burning rate accelerator and aluminum powder (A1) as metallic fuel. Higher pressures and AP contents as well as smaller AP particle size were found to increase burning rate. The same behavior verified with AI and CC addition. A significant increase of burning rate was recorded when CC added to the aluminized formulations compared with the non-aluminized of the same oxidizer solid loading and particle size.