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Tactical Solid Rocket Motors Response to Bullet Impact
Author(s) -
Hamaide S.,
Quidot M.,
Brunet J.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
propellants, explosives, pyrotechnics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.56
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1521-4087
pISSN - 0721-3115
DOI - 10.1002/prep.19920170306
Subject(s) - solid fuel rocket , propellant , aerospace engineering , rocket (weapon) , aeronautics , vulnerability (computing) , phenomenon , ballistics , engineering , computer science , physics , computer security , projectile , quantum mechanics
Vulnerability studies are very important for rocket motors development using high energy and minimum smoke solid propellant. Among the treated threats, the bullet impact is a well known test studied for many years. Nevertheless, during our experimentations against true rocket motor, the well‐known scenarios failed. A new scenario has been identified and confirmed to take into account the new phenomenon. This scenario implied the solid propellant but also the geometry of the grain. The paper presents the experimental works and describes the physics of the phenomenon supported by the associated model studies.