Screening of metal fuels for use in composite propellants for ramjets

OG Glotov - Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
A review of the literature on the methods for activation of the combustion of metallic fuels,
mainly boron-containing ones, as the promising components of composite propellants for …

Flame propagation characteristics and surface functional groups changes of corn starch dust during the combustion process

C Zhang, P Jin, C Chen, X Zhang, Z Zhou, S Geng… - Powder Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
Corn starch (CS) is one of the most common powders in industrial production and daily life,
but its inherent risks of ignition and explosion cannot be disregarded. In this study, the flame …

Thermal decomposition, flame propagation, and combustion reactions behaviours of stearic acid by experiments and molecular dynamic simulation

W Li, X Zhang, R Liu, S Xu, S Xu, Y Lan, Y Fu… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
To better look into the thermal decomposition and combustion progress of stearic acid (C 18
H 36 O 2), the experimental tests and Reaction Force Field (ReaxFF) molecular dynamics …

Ignition and combustion of boron particles coated by modified materials with various action mechanisms

P Xu, J Liu, X Chen, W Zhang, J Zhou, X Wei - Combustion and Flame, 2022 - Elsevier
Coating boron particles with materials having multiple mechanisms of action is a promising
way to promote the ignition and combustion properties of boron. The differences in thermal …

Facile fabrication of cross-linked n-Al/PVDF films with the tunability of reactivity and laser sensitivity

J Li, X Liu, Z Zhang, Y Wang, M Zhang, K Guo… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Metastable intermolecular complexes (MICs), which have exceptional energy density and
reactivity, have drawn considerable attention in the field of energetic materials. In this work …

Ignition and combustion of Perfluoroalkyl-functionalized aluminum nanoparticles and nanothermite

Y Jiang, Y Wang, J Baek, H Wang, JL Gottfried… - Combustion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aluminum (Al) is an excellent metal fuel for combustion applications because of its high
energy density and low cost. Nano-sized Al (nAl) particles have relatively low ignition …

Flame propagation behaviours and explosion characteristics of AlMg alloy dust based on thermodynamic analysis

Z Wang, X Meng, J Liu, Y Zhang, Z Wang, W Dai… - Powder Technology, 2022 - Elsevier
The ignition sensitivity and explosion hazard of Alsingle bondMg alloy dust were
systematically studied in this paper. The flame propagation and explosion characteristics of …

Thermal reactivity of metastable metal-based fuel Al/Co/AP: Mutual interaction mechanisms of the components

SL Yang, KJ Meng, W Xie, H Nie, QL Yan - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, a group of novel intermetallic metastable composites Al/Co@ AP has been
designed, and three methods including ultrasonic dispersion, mechanical grinding and …

Application process of coating agent and the coating effect evaluation based on molecular dynamics

D Ouyang, L Zhang, R Mao, X Qin, W Pang - Langmuir, 2023 - ACS Publications
In the field of energy-containing materials, the modification of nanoaluminum powders has
been widely studied. However, in modified experimental design, the lack of theoretical …

Experimental study and simulation of the reaction mechanism of Al–PTFE mechanically activated energetic composites

J Tao, X Wang - RSC advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
In order to explore the mechanism of reaction involving Al-polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)
mechanically activated energetic composites, a molecular dynamics simulation was carried …