A Consideration for Design of Ammonium Perchlorate/Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene Composite Propellant

Specific impulse and burning rate characteristics are the important properties for the propellant design. Because of the requirements for the preparation of ammonium perchlorate (AP)/hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (HTPB) composite propellant, there is an upper limit content, φ of AP contained propellant. Specific impulse and burning rate increase with increasing the AP content. The specific impulse, Ispφ and the burning rate, rφ of the propellant prepared at φ, rφ are the highest values of the propellant prepared with AP used as an oxidizer. It is necessary for the propellant design to estimate φ, Ispφ and rφ. The φ, Ispφ and rφ are closely associated with the specific surface area, Swp measured by air-permeability method. Therefore, these values are estimated with Swp. A process for the design of AP/HTPB composite propellant would be proposed in this study.