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http://dx.doi.org/10.6108/KSPE.2012.16.6.079

A Study on Crack Propagation of Solid Propellant by Rapid Pressurization  

Ha, Jaeseok (충남대학교 기계설계공학과)
Kim, Jaehoon (충남대학교 기계설계공학과)
Yang, Hoyoung (충남대학교 기계설계공학과)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.16, no.6, 2012 , pp. 79-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
An experiment of rapid pressurization-induced crack propagation of solid propellant was conducted by using a windowed test chamber. A pre-cracked specimen of solid propellant is installed in the chamber, and highly compressed nitrogen gas in an accumulator pressurizes the chamber until the chamber pressure reaches set-up pressure to make the chamber depressurization. Pressure-time trace was obtained from the experimental result, and pressurization rate was defined from the trace. In this study, three pressurization rates (64.34, 73.86 and 85.44 MPa/s) are considered, and propagation lengths are measured. Also, a progression of the crack propagation recorded by a high-speed digital camera is presented.
Keywords
Rapid Pressurization; Crack Propagation; Solid Propellant; Test Chamber; High Speed Digital Camera;
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