A Novel Interior Ballistic Prediction of Gun Propellants Based on Experimental Pressure-Apparent Burning Rate Model in Closed Vessel

Abstract:

A new experimental pressure-apparent burning rate model was established based on the recorded pressure-time data in the closed vessel to study the actual burning gas generate rate of a propellant whose form function is not available. The new burning model can replace the Vieille’s law and form function of propellants in the interior ballistic equations to predict the interior ballistic performance of gun. As distinct from the traditional geometric form function based burning rate model, the new model introduced the concept of relative pressure impulse related to the actual burnt web thickness of propellant statistically. The apparent burning rate was expressed by the propellant mass fraction burnt vs. relative pressure impulse curve. The interior ballistic simulation of selected gun propellants was conducted using the new burning rate model. The results predicted by the new model show a good agreement with the classic interior ballistic predication results though the agreement with the experimental results is still to be improved.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 668)
• Pages: 584-588
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.668.584
• Online since: March 2013
• Authors: Zheng Gang Xiao, San Jiu Ying, Wei Dong He, Fu Ming Xu
• Keywords: Burning Rate Models, Closed Vessel, Interior Ballistic, Propellant, Simulation

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