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Numerical Simulation of Combustion of a Composite Solid Propellant Containing Boron Powder

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The combustion of a metallized composite solid propellant containing boron particles is numerically studied. The mathematical model is based on the approaches of two-phase reacting medium mechanics for describing processes in a two-phase flow above the propellant surface and the Hermance model for describing the decomposition of a composite solid propellant. The model of combustion of a metallized composite solid propellant takes into account the oxidation and combustion of boron particles. The dependence of the burning rate of a metallized composite solid propellant on the gas pressure above the combustion surface and the size of boron particles is determined from a parametric study.

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    V. A. Poryazov, K. M. Moiseeva, A. Yu. Krainov & V. A. Arkhipov

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, 2022, Vol. 58, No. 2, pp. 78-87.https://doi.org/10.15372/FGV20220209.

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Poryazov, V.A., Moiseeva, K.M., Krainov, A.Y. et al. Numerical Simulation of Combustion of a Composite Solid Propellant Containing Boron Powder. Combust Explos Shock Waves 58, 197–205 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508222020095

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