An analytical framework is developed to understand and predict the thermoacoustic
instability in solid rocket motors, taking into account the non-orthogonality of the eigenmodes …

ALTHOUGH ammonium perchlorate (AP) has been extensively used as a standard oxidizer
in composite propellants for a long time, certain issues related to AP combustion are yet to …

Thermoacoustic instability is a challenging problem in solid and liquid rockets, ramjets,
aircraft and industrial gas turbines etc.(Mcmanus et al., 1993). A typical combustion …

This paper examines scanning electron micrographs for the size of cells that appear on the
burning surfaces of (1) single crystals and pressed pellets of ammonium perchlorate (AP) …

THE modeling of solid propellant combustion serves a number of useful purposes in the
scheme of propellant development. Composite propellant burn-rate modeling has …

A nonlinear model is developed to numerically simulate dynamic combustion inside a solid
rocket motorchamber. Using this model, the phenomena of re-ignition and chuffing are …

The effects of temperature-dependent thermal properties on intrinsic burning stability are
investigated by a nonlinear analytical approach. An exact solution is discussed for the …

The e® ects of temperature-dependent thermal properties on intrinsic burning stability were
investigated by a nonlinear analytical approach. An exact solution is discussed for the …

The unsteady combustion of a homogeneous solid propellant is studied, focusing the
problem of intrinsic instability. The governing conservation equations are directly solved …

ABSTRACT A numerical model, including a nonlinear, transient gas-phase description of the
propellant combustion is developed to study the L* instability in solid rocket motors. The …