[AR] Re: Erosive burning rule of thumb?

  • From: "David W. Schultz" <david.schultz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 17:24:56 -0500

On 04/12/2017 03:53 PM, William Claybaugh wrote:

Is there any experience-based rule for erosive burning in
cylinderical-type grains (Bates, Finocyl, etc.)? 


Digging out "Rocket Propulsion Elements" I see that the metric there is
a ratio of port (core) area to nozzle area of 4 to 1.

It cites this:

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19890059529

As providing a better analysis.


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David W. Schultz
http://home.earthlink.net/~david.schultz

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