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ISSN Imprimir: 2150-766X
ISSN En Línea: 2150-7678
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A PHENOMENOLOGICAL THEORY OF PROPELLANTS' IGNITION AND SUBSEQUENT UNSTEADY COMBUSTION IN HIGH PRESSURE CHAMBERS
SINOPSIS
The goal of this paper is to show significant influence of ignition conditions on subsequent combustion of a condensed propellant and on the pressure diagram of combustion chamber. Emphasis is placed on the effect of accelerated combustion (AC-effect) after ignition in a high pressure closed bomb and in a chamber with moving piston. An analysis of such typical problems is carried out using an original phenomenological theory. Intermediate asymptotic solutions for the temperature and composition of combustion products as well as for the transitional combustion rate are presented. These asymptotic solutions show how the ignition conditions influence the subsequent unsteady combustion and pressure diagram in a high pressure chamber. The AC-effect of propellant surface layers and its dependence on ignition characteristics is demonstrated. A modification of Drozdov’s solution of the basic problem of gun interior ballistics has been obtained taking into account the AC-effect. It is shown that AC-effect can be responsible for the anomalous increasing of pressure-peak with decreasing of initial temperature of propellant charge in a gun-chamber.