Attempt to Reconcile Compression Sensitivity Data on Liquid Gun Propellants

摘要

This report is an attempt to reconcile apparent discrepancies between conclusions drawn from compression ignition sensitivity test results of liquid gun propellants obtained independently by Princeton Combustion Research Laboratories, Inc. (PCRL) and Ernst-Mach-Institut, Abteilung fur Ballistik (EMI-AFB). Here we define compression ignition as an undesirable ignition event arising from hot spot development associated with entrapped bubble collapse under rapid compression of the liquid propellant charge. Keywords: Compression ignition, Liquid propellant guns, Liquid guns propellants, Adiabatic compression. (jes)