This paper presents a computational study of the air flow past a triangular boattailed projectile.The study shows that there is a single normal shock wave impinges the projectile at transonic speeds.At supersonic spee...This paper presents a computational study of the air flow past a triangular boattailed projectile.The study shows that there is a single normal shock wave impinges the projectile at transonic speeds.At supersonic speeds,the formed shock waves are smeared compared to a conical boattailed projectile.Also,there is a reduction of the wake region behind the triangular base and the rear stagnation point is nearer to the projectile base resulting in base drag reduction.Moreover,there is an improvement of the stability of the triangular boattailed projectile since a lower overturning moment is incurred.展开更多
Ammonium perchlorate(AP)includes oxidizing and reducing elements on the same molecule.AP can act as an efficient oxidizer and mono-propellant as well.In this study,AP experienced crystallographic phase change from ort...Ammonium perchlorate(AP)includes oxidizing and reducing elements on the same molecule.AP can act as an efficient oxidizer and mono-propellant as well.In this study,AP experienced crystallographic phase change from orthorhombic centrosymmetric to non-centrosymmetric under controlled isothermal heat treatment.XRD diffractograms confirmed this crystallographic phase change.The thermal behaviour of activated AP had been investigated using DSC.Activated AP demonstrated high chemical stability with an increase in endothermic phase transition enthalpy by 170%.The enthalpy of the subsequent two main exothermic decomposition reactions was increased by 250%.Whereas AP demonstrated total decomposition enthalpy of 733 J/g,activated AP showed 2614 J/g.Activated AP can secure self-sustained response at a high rate.Propagation index(combustion enthalpy/ignition temperature)was employed to assess self-sustained reaction propagation.Activated AP demonstrated high propagation index of 8.7 compared with 2.5 for un-activated AP.Primary decomposition kinetic parameters had investigated using Kissinger and KAS methods.Activated AP showed an increase in activation energy by 89%using the Kissinger method;kinetic parameters using the KAS method were in good agreement with the Kissinger method.It can have concluded that AP with novel kinetic decomposition parameters for enhanced safety storage and high combustion characteristics has evolved.展开更多
文摘This paper presents a computational study of the air flow past a triangular boattailed projectile.The study shows that there is a single normal shock wave impinges the projectile at transonic speeds.At supersonic speeds,the formed shock waves are smeared compared to a conical boattailed projectile.Also,there is a reduction of the wake region behind the triangular base and the rear stagnation point is nearer to the projectile base resulting in base drag reduction.Moreover,there is an improvement of the stability of the triangular boattailed projectile since a lower overturning moment is incurred.
文摘Ammonium perchlorate(AP)includes oxidizing and reducing elements on the same molecule.AP can act as an efficient oxidizer and mono-propellant as well.In this study,AP experienced crystallographic phase change from orthorhombic centrosymmetric to non-centrosymmetric under controlled isothermal heat treatment.XRD diffractograms confirmed this crystallographic phase change.The thermal behaviour of activated AP had been investigated using DSC.Activated AP demonstrated high chemical stability with an increase in endothermic phase transition enthalpy by 170%.The enthalpy of the subsequent two main exothermic decomposition reactions was increased by 250%.Whereas AP demonstrated total decomposition enthalpy of 733 J/g,activated AP showed 2614 J/g.Activated AP can secure self-sustained response at a high rate.Propagation index(combustion enthalpy/ignition temperature)was employed to assess self-sustained reaction propagation.Activated AP demonstrated high propagation index of 8.7 compared with 2.5 for un-activated AP.Primary decomposition kinetic parameters had investigated using Kissinger and KAS methods.Activated AP showed an increase in activation energy by 89%using the Kissinger method;kinetic parameters using the KAS method were in good agreement with the Kissinger method.It can have concluded that AP with novel kinetic decomposition parameters for enhanced safety storage and high combustion characteristics has evolved.
