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Adjoint problem for modeling intraballistic characteristics of solid-propellant rocket motors

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A software system is developed for solving an adjoint problem for modeling intrachamber processes of an axisymmetric solid-propellant charge attached to the casing. This system predicts intraballistic, strength, and gas-dynamic characteristics of the rocket engine during the full cycle of its operation. The study of the computed and experimental intraballistic characteristics demonstrates qualitatively new capabilities of the computational method and reveals some interesting features of internal ballistics of the solid-propellant rocket motor. Reduction or elimination of fitting coefficients in the predicted law of the propellant burning rate and reduction of the number of engine tests necessary for studying the characteristics are justified. It is shown that gas-dynamically stable operation of the engine is determined by Young’s modulus of the propellant.

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  1. Federal Center for Dual-Use Technologies “Soyuz,”, Dzerzhinskii, 140090, Russia

    Yu. M. Milekhin, A. N. Klyuchnikov, V. S. Popov & V. P. Mel’nikov

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Correspondence to Yu. M. Milekhin.

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Original Russian Text © Yu.M. Milekhin, A.N. Klyuchnikov, V.S. Popov, V.P. Mel’nikov.

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Translated from Fizika Goreniya i Vzryva, Vol. 48, No. 1, pp. 38–46, January–February, 2012.

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Milekhin, Y.M., Klyuchnikov, A.N., Popov, V.S. et al. Adjoint problem for modeling intraballistic characteristics of solid-propellant rocket motors. Combust Explos Shock Waves 48, 33–40 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010508212010054

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