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Failure Prediction of Thermo-Chemically Decomposing Composite for Rocket Thermal Insulators  

Lee, Sun-Pyo (경기대학교 기계시스템디자인공학부)
Lee, Jung-Youn (경기대학교 기계시스템디자인공학부)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.9, no.2, 2005 , pp. 25-31 More about this Journal
Abstract
The theory developed in a preceding paper [1] for poroelastic composite material behavior under thermal and gas diffusion is applied to thermo-chemical decomposition of a carbon-phenolic composite rocket nozzle liner under typical operating conditions. Specifically, the structural component simulated is the cowl ring for which distributions of pressure in the material pores, temperature and across-ply stress are presented. The results for particular composite designs show that across-ply failure occurs due to tensile stress in the material which is indicative of plylift. This prediction corroborates observations of plylift in a nozzle cowl. Simulations suggest designs to avoid plylift in the cowl zone.
Keywords
Solid Rocket Motor; Carbon-Phenolic; Thermal Insulate;
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