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Optimization of Propellant Binders – Part I: Statistical Methodology
Author(s) -
Niehaus Michael,
Greeb Olaf
Publication year - 2004
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.200400046
Subject(s) - propellant , plasticizer , materials science , curing (chemistry) , modulus , nitrocellulose , thermodynamics , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , biochemistry , membrane
Abstract The development of new propellant binder systems requires the thermodynamic calculation of physico‐chemical data as well as the adaption of the mechanical properties in order to achieve a reliable innerballistic profile of the resulting propellant. However, in most cases the mechanical data may not be easily predicted due to the complex interactions between the components of the binder like the resin, the curing agent or possibly plasticizers and curing catalysts. Therefore, this study focusses on the capability of the multivariate analysis on the prediction of the E‐modulus of a system comprising nitrocellulose as well as GAP, Desmodur N100 and an energetic plasticiser. Using this method, an equation has been derived which, within the regression intervall, may be used for the prediction of the E‐modulus as a function of the components mentioned above.