RT Journal Article ID 279274f777425b96 A1 Iwama, Akira A1 Yu, Ding-Da A1 Tamura, Toshihiko T1 Explosively Generated Supercritical Water for Deploying Airbags JF International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion JO IJEMCP YR 2002 FD 2002-01-01 VO 5 IS 1-6 SP 929 OP 940 AB This inflator makes use of supercritical water, which is produced with a rapid stirring operation, due to high temperature and supersonic jet emission from a starter loaded with solid propellant. The pressure-time history and gas temperature of the exhaust products are satisfactory to car passengers' requirement. No pollutant gas was contained in this gas generant system, because water, oxygen and n-hexane are confined in the main reactor, and RDX/KCIO4/HTPB propellant was used only in the starter portion of the inflator. An example of semi-empirical calculation and experimental results are included in this paper. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/17bbb47e377ce023,76f8e14974df93a8,279274f777425b96.html