The Relationship between Grain Design and Non-uniform Ablation of Solid Rocket Insulation

In order to relieve the burden of the rear ablative material, the combustion test of the solid rocket motor with the forward deployed multi-pin grain design was successfully performed twice. However, after disassembling the solid rocket motor, a non-uniform ablation pattern was found in the rear ablative material. Periodic repetition of local and regional ablation was measured precisely. Two-dimensional flow and eddy flow, created by the uneven main-pin flow hitting the rear ablative material, were identified as the cause of non-uniform ablation. In addition. when the rear pins were removed, the possibility of securing the soundness of the rear ablative material was confirmed as the average flow velocity and the standard deviation were lowered.

추진제 형상과 연소관 단열재 불균일 삭마의 관계

후방보스단열재의 부담을 경감시키기 위해 전진 배치된 다중 핀 그레인 형상을 적용한 고체추진기관의 연소시험을 총 2회 수행하였다. 다만 분해 점검 시 후방보스단열재에 불균일 삭마패턴이 관찰되었다. 국부삭마와 광역삭마의 주기적인 반복을 정밀 계측하였으며, 전방 핀에서 유발된 불균등한 유동이 후방보스단열재에 부딪히면서 발생되는 2차원 유동 및 맴돌이 유동이 원인임을 확인하였다. 또한 후방 핀을 제거하여 평균유속과 편차를 저감시킴으로 후방보스단열재 건전성을 확보할 것으로 판단된다.