Design and Testing of Lab-scale Red Fuming Nitric Acid/Hydroxyl-terminated Polybutadiene Hybrid Rocket Motor for Studying Regression Rate

Defence Science Journal

V. Ramanujachari¹  K.K. Rajesh¹  Sankaran Venugopal¹ 

[1] Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad

关键词: Hybrid rocket motor;    regression rate;    oxidiser mass flux;    chamber pressure;    solid fuel;    liquid oxidiser;    RFNA;    HTPB;    red fuming nitric acid;    hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Defence Scientific Information & Documentation Centre

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents the design of a hybrid rocket motor and the experiments carried out for investigation of hybrid combustion and regression rates for a combination of liquid oxidiser red fuming nitric acid with solid fuel hydroxyl-terminated Polybutadiene. The regression rate is enhanced with the addition of small quantity of solid oxidiser ammonium perchlorate in the fuel. The characteristics of the combustion products were calculated using the NASA CEA Code and were used in a ballistic code developed for predicting the performance of the hybrid rocket motor. A lab-scale motor was designed and the oxidiser mass flow requirements of the hybrid motor for the above combination of fuel and oxidiser have been calculated using the developed ballistic code. A static rocket motor testing facility has been realised for conducting the hybrid experiments. A series of tests were conducted and proper ignition with stable combustion in the hybrid mode has been established. The regression rate correlations were obtained as a function of the oxidiser mass flux and chamber pressure from the experiments for the various combinations. Defence Science Journal, 2011, 61(6), pp.515-522 , DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.14429/dsj.61.873

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