Summary Of Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative In Solid Propellant Combustion Instability PDF Download

The paper, Experimental measurements of acoustic erosivity effects on propellant burning rates, by R.C. Strittmater, W.P. Aungst, C.E. Thompson and L.A. Watermeier, is given in its entirety. In addition, condensed versions of the following papers are included: Problems in liquid propellant instability; Liquid instability problems; An experimental study of solid propellant combustion instability in a standing wave tube; Basic physical processes of solid propellant combustion; Shock wave -- burning solid propellant interaction; Acoustic absorption coefficients of the combustion products of aluminized propellants; Further development of 'Stability grading of solid propellants by the oscillatory strand burner test'; An interpretive study of unstable rocket combustion data and method for the simulation of such data; Work at Summerfield Research Station and the University of Sheffield, England; Influence of compositional factors on axial instability; Influence of axial combustion instability on the development of a 23KS20000 motor; Progress in research on combustion instability of solid propellants at the University of Utah; Low frequency acoustic instability studies with double base propellants; Bulk compressibility of solid propellants; Solution of transient vibration problems by separation of variables.