Pyrotechnic Worksheet 5: Test Title
Pyrotechnic Worksheet 5: Test Title
Pyrotechnic Worksheet 5: Test Title
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LABORATORY
Pyrotechnic Worksheet 5
Test title: AP/AL/HTPB propellant, Bates Grain Date: 16. June 2000
Like Pyrotechnic Worksheet nr. 4 but more Al-powder (the larger 12 mm throat should not blocked
anymore), predicted combustion pressure = 7.5 MPa
Batch Composition:
Processing:
1. Adding Lecitin, Anti foaming Agent, Plasticizer (not more than 50% of the amount of R45 resin) to the R45M Resin
2. Machine mixing 1 Min.
3. Add small parts Aluminum powder, stir it slowly (not by machine!) under the resin. Next part Alu. Etc
4. Add Burning Catalyst (Fe2O3)
5. Mixing 2 min, degasing (the fine AL and Fe2O3 Powder entraps a lot of air which is difficult to get out later when the grain
has a higher viscosity!)
6. Adding AP , 90um AP -> grind a little in a mortar (it baked together)
7. Machine mixing 5 min.
8. Adding 2 % of the amount of the curing Agent to react with the moisture (0.25 grams), it will consumed by the reaction
with the moisture.
9. Machine mixing 20 min (3 x stirring down the mix from the wall of the bowl).
10. Degasing and vibrating under vacuum 30 min., let it in the vacuum chamber for half a day, the vacuum chamber resides
in the climate chamber (50° C) during this time, vibrating again.
11. Preheat the casting form to 50 ° C.
12. Adding curing agents 143L (not more than 11 % of the content of HTPB!)
13. Mixing the warm Mix 5 min
14. Degasing 10 min (preferably together with vibrating)
15. Casting into the warm casting form with a „Vermiselle“ press, vibrating (Casting form coated with wax ad silicon grease
which will be dissolved by the resin/plasticizer)
16. Curing in climate chamber 40° C
Curing:
Curing in climate chamber 40° C. It need 2 days for complete curing.
Preparing considerations:
The propellant was casted into one phenolic tube fitting into the SPL BATES burner.
Ignition: 6 g KP/Al Flash igniter (Rüfennacht Igniter), 1.3 Ohm, ignited by 12-Accu
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****************************CHAMBER RESULTS FOLLOW *****************************
Pchamber
Kn =
Isp * ⋅ r ⋅ ρGrain
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ñGrain: 1550 kg/m3
Kn = 258
Dthroat: 1.19 E-2 m (12mm)
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Simulation with GDPL (detailed output see Appendix A):
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Results:
Fired 23. June 2000 in Langenthal. Instant (10 msec!) Ignition with Flash igniter (6 gram 50% Flash/50% BP). Flash powder
was 60% KP/40% Al. The Bates chamber was used:
Chamber Pressure
160
140
120
100
Pressure [bar]
80
60
40
20
0
2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5
-20
Time [sec]
Propellant characteristics:
r = 0.00645 m/s
a = 5.00 E-5 m/s
n = 0.35
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Somme clogging of the nozzle occurred. Al2O3 reduced the nozzle diameter to about 11 mm.
Conclusions:
Perfect ignition! The igniter charge was to heavy, next firing will use only 4.5g Powder (1.8g Flash, 2.7 BP).
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Appendix A
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Licence information:
- Last name : BERGER
- First name : BRUNO
- City name : BERN
- Country name : SWITZERLAND
- License type : LIGHT
- Serial number: TQCYVGJH-19992012
File : BATES1.REP
Creation date : Tue, 4 Jul 2000
Creation time : 19:56:57
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Part 1 Project: BATES1
--- MAIN PROJECT DATA ---
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Part 2 Project: BATES1
--- MAIN PROPELLANT DATA ---
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> Specific impulse (for Pc/Pe=70) : 2.3876641186465E+02 s
> Volumetric impulse (for Pc/Pe=70) : 3.8918925133938E+05 (kg.s)/m3
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Part 3 Project: BATES1
--- NOZZLE AND BLAST TUBE DATA ---
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Part 4 Project: BATES1
--- ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ---
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Part 5 Project: BATES1
--- IGNITER DATA ---
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Molecular mass : 2.5000000000000E+01 g/mol
Flame temperature,Tf : 3.0000000000000E+03 K
> C star value, C* : 1.5401877273332E+03 m/s
> Choked flow pressure ratio : 1.7715610000000E+00 -
> Cp value : 1.9954416000000E+03 J/kgK
> Cv value : 1.6628680000000E+03 J/kgK
> Specific gas constant, Rs : 3.3257360000000E+02 J/kgK
> Speed of sound, c : 1.0941960336247E+03 m/s
> Vandenkerckhove value : 6.4853117070629E-01 -
> Specific impulse (for Pc/Pe=68) : 2.5075275467525E+02 s
> Specific impulse (for Pc/Pe=70) : 2.5133608045788E+02 s
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Part 6 Project: BATES1
--- PROPELLANT GRAIN SEGMENT DATA, SUMMARY ---
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Part 7 Project: BATES1
--- PROPELLANT GRAIN SEGMENT DATA, DETAILS ---
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Segment number : 1
Segment type : CYLINDER
Length : 2.2000000000000E-01 m
Inner radius : 1.0000000000000E-02 m
Web thickness : 1.3500000000000E-02 m
> Outer radius : 2.3500000000000E-02 m
> Grain diameter : 4.7000000000000E-02 m
Left end inhibited : NO
Right end inhibited : NO
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Center port inhibited : NO
External cylinder inhibited : YES
> Length/diameter ratio : 4.6808510638298E+00 -
> Web fraction : 5.7446808510638E-01 -
> Volume load : 8.1892258940697E+01 %
> Sliver : 0.0000000000000E+00 %
> Initial burn area : 1.6664578230967E-02 mý
> Initial port area : 3.1415926535898E-04 mý
> Initial free volume : 6.9115038378975E-05 m3
> Initial propellant volume : 3.1257276106892E-04 m3
> Initial propellant mass : 5.0949360054233E-01 kg
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Part 8 Project: BATES1
--- SEGMENT BURN PROFILE DATA ---
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Part 9 Project: BATES1
--- SYSTEM PERFORMANCE DATA ---
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Time required for core calculations : 00:00:11
Number of data points calculated : 1672 points
Speed of calculations : 1.4359072905660E+02 points/s
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--MISCELLANEOUS-- | | |
Ambient pressure (MPa)| 1.013250E-01| 1.013250E-01| 1.013250E-01
(s)| 1.000000E-03| 1.000000E-03|
Igniter mass perc.used (%)| 0.000000E+00| 0.000000E+00| 0.000000E+00
(s)| 1.000000E-03| 1.000000E-03|
Propellant mass used (%)| 3.040575E-02| 8.355691E+01| 3.627989E+01
(s)| 1.000000E-03| 1.672000E+00|
Total mass expelled (kg)| 1.853211E-04| 5.092740E-01| 2.211236E-01
(s)| 1.000000E-03| 1.672000E+00|
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