Propulsion theoretical and experimental analysis of composite propellants motors

Said, A; Maraden, A; Elhedery, T M; abd Elall, A M; Elbasuney, S

doi:10.1088/1742-6596/2616/1/012057

	Propulsion theoretical and experimental analysis of composite propellants motors
International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology
Volume 20, Issue 20, May 2023, Page 1-8 PDF (1.17 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/2616/1/012057
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Authors
A Said ¹; A Maraden¹; T M Elhedery¹; A M abd Elall¹; S Elbasuney²
¹School of Chemical Engineering, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt.
²School of Chemical Engineering, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt., Nanotechnology Research Centre, Military Technical College, Cairo, Egypt.
Abstract
Rockets have revolutionized space technology and human space exploration. Most rockets and missiles are both propelled by rocket motors that use composite solid propellants. The ICT code and the NSAS CEA code are two programs that can be used to forecast theoretical propulsion parameters for composite solid rocket propellant. Rocket propellant performance is governed by a specific impulse factor, which is calculated theoretical and experiment. In this paper, the theoretical specific impulse for different composite solid propellant formulations at 70 bar combustion pressure and an adapted nozzle (optimum expansion) were calculated by the NASA-CEA code and the ICT code. Meanwhile, a static firing test was performed on a small scale test motor to experimentally determine the actual specific impulse. The objective is to verify theoretical calculations from two codes with experimental data, via the determination of the specific impulse deviation co-efficient.
Keywords
Composite solid propellant; NASA CEA; ICT Code; and Specific impulse


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