- Author
- Yang, R. | Thakre, P. | Liau, Y. C. | Yang, V.
- Title
- Formation of Dark Zone and Its Temperature Plateau in Solid-Propellant Flames: A Review.
- Coporate
- Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA
- Journal
- Combustion and Flame, Vol. 145, No. 1/2, 38-58, April 2006
- Keywords
- solid propellants | solid combustion | temperature | nitramine | propellants | pressure | ignition delay | sensitivity | kinetics | mole fractions | lasers
- Identifiers
- nitramine propellants; ADN propellant; double-base propellants; dark-zone pressure exponents and overall reaction orders for various solid propellants; first dark-zone properties of ADN combustion; comparison of gas-phase kinetics models of RDX combustion; ignition delay time (ms) of RDX in a well-stirred reactor based on the Lin99 model; measured and predicted molar concentrations in the dark zone of RDX and HMX combustion at 1 atm; measured mole fractions of dark-zone species for self-sustained combustion of XM39, HMX-2 and M43 propellants; measured mole fractions of dark-zone species for laser-assisted combustion of XM39, M43, and RDX-CAB propellants; measured and predicted mole fractions of dark-zone species for laser-assisted combustion of RDX, HMX/GAP, and BAMO propellants at 1 atm; measured and predicted mole fractions of dark-zone species for self-sustained and laser-assisted combustion; measured and predicted mole fractions of dark-zone species for self-sustained and laser-assisted combustion of ADN propellant; burning properties of RDX/PU = 80/20 propellant