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Osborn, J. R.

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Combustion in an acceleration field: A survey of Soviet literature

The effect of an acceleration field on the burning rate of a solid propellant was measured from -900g's to +1000g's using both double base and ammonium perchlorate based propellants. The acceleration fields were simulated using a centrifuge device and the burning rate was recorded. Both metalized and non-metalized variations of each propellant were tested and it was found that acceleration fields affect the burning rate. For the most part the theoretical predictions and the experimental results agreed.

Radloff, S. J.

Composite propellant combustion

Temperature measurements in gaseous reaction zone near surface of burning composite solid propellant, using modified line reversal pyrometer

Derr, R. L.