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http://dx.doi.org/10.6108/KSPE.2019.23.2.078

Study of Aluminum Agglomeration Model During Solid Propellant Combustion  

Yoon, Jisang (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Lee, Kookjin (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim, Daeyu (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Park, Namho (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
Ko, Seungwon (Propulsion Department, Agency for Defense Development)
Yoon, Woongsup (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers / v.23, no.2, 2019 , pp. 78-86 More about this Journal
Abstract
Aluminum, which is a metal fuel contained in the composite solid propellant, is not ignited and burned on the combustion surface by the oxide film, and it partially melts and coalesces with surrounding aluminum particles. For the evaluation and design of the propellant performance, modeling was performed to predict the size and distribution of agglomerated particles, and the size and distribution of agglomerates were compared and verified through experiment. The predicted values showed the tendency to decrease with pressure as in the experiment, but the error increased as the pressure increased. The agglomerated particle distribution graph showed a difference in the volume fraction although the diameter at the peak was the same.
Keywords
Solid Propellant; Aluminum; Agglomeration; Modeling;
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