Boron-Based Fuel-Rich Solid Rocket Propellant Technology is a professional book that systematically introduces the latest research progress for boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants. It covers surface modifications, coating and agglomerating techniques, granulation, and characterization of amorphous boron powders, and its application to fuel-rich solid rocket propellants. Technologies for controlling the processing methods and combustion performance of fuel-rich propellants are examined, and the book concludes with a summary of the research progress in boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants and a look forward to the foreseeable development trends of military applications.

A thorough critical assessment of the state-of-the-art of boron fuel ignition/combustion has been carried out and areas of deficiency defined. An improved boron single particle ignition model treating the effects of water vapor on particle ignition has been developed. Boron single particle combustion models which include the effects of finite kinetics and correctly predict transition from a second-order dependence of burn time on particle size to a first-order dependence for small particle sizes have also been developed. Considerable progress has been made in developing an experimental apparatus and diagnostics for studying single boron particle ignition and combustion processes for small (less than 25 micron diameter) particles and for studying the kinetics of the critical (for ignition) liquid boric oxide-water vapor reaction. In addition, a test bed for study of the processes involved in burning of compacted boron solid fuel grains in a hot air crossflow has been designed and is under construction. Finally, a simplified model of processes occurring in a perfectly stirred reactor with a cloud of boron particles as the fuel has been developed and is being used in design of a test apparatus for study of boron dust cloud ignition and combustion. (Author).

Boron-Based Fuel-Rich Solid Rocket Propellant Technology is a professional book that systematically introduces the latest research progress for boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants. It covers surface modifications, coating and agglomerating techniques, granulation, and characterization of amorphous boron powders, and its application to fuel-rich solid rocket propellants. Technologies for controlling the processing methods and combustion performance of fuel-rich propellants are examined, and the book concludes with a summary of the research progress in boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants and a look forward to the foreseeable development trends of military applications.

Boron-Based Fuel-Rich Solid Rocket Propellant Technology is a professional book that systematically introduces the latest research progress for boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants. It covers surface modifications, coating and agglomerating techniques, granulation, and characterization of amorphous boron powders, and its application to fuel-rich solid rocket propellants. Technologies for controlling the processing methods and combustion performance of fuel-rich propellants are examined, and the book concludes with a summary of the research progress in boron-based fuel-rich solid propellants and a look forward to the foreseeable development trends of military applications.

This third edition of the classic on the thermochemical aspects of the combustion of propellants and explosives is completely revised and updated and now includes a section on green propellants and offers an up-to-date view of the thermochemical aspects of combustion and corresponding applications. Clearly structured, the first half of the book presents an introduction to pyrodynamics, describing fundamental aspects of the combustion of energetic materials, while the second part highlights applications of energetic materials, such as propellants, explosives and pyrolants, with a focus on the phenomena occurring in rocket motors. Finally, an appendix gives a brief overview of the fundamentals of aerodynamics and heat transfer, which is a prerequisite for the study of pyrodynamics. A detailed reference for readers interested in rocketry or explosives technology.

Partial contents: Combustion of solid fuels under crossflow conditions; Carbon dioxide laser pyrolysis and ignition; Nonintrusive FT-IR diagnostics for species and temperature measurements of products from solid propellants; and Steady-state combustion behavior of MG/PTFE/VITON and boron- based solid fuels; Appendices include papers on: Ignition and combustion of solid fuels under high-velocity crossflows; Combustion characteristics and CO2 laser ignition behavior of boron/magnesium/PTFE pyrotechnics; Analysis of plumes of solid propellant combustion using an FT-IR spectrometer; and Combustion behavior of boron-based BAMO/NMMO fuel rich solid propellants.