Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
The burning rates of B/KNO_3 under different low pressures were experimentally obtained to realize high performance laser ignition thrusters. The meas-ured burning rate was almost constant with the background pressure less than 0.01 MPa and it increased with increasing background pressure. The pressure exponent has a wide variation between 0 (in vacuum) and almost 1 (at atmospheric pressure), which has a sig-nificant impact on the ignition and combustion performance of B/KNO_3 propellant for space use. These data were incorporated into a laser ignition model and yielded fairly good agreement with experiments.
All 2010 2009 2008 Other
All Journal Article (3 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 3 results) Presentation (6 results)
Transaction of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan Issue ists27
130000308160
Transactions of Space Technology Japan Vol.7,Issueists26
Transac-tion of JSASS, Aerospace Technology Japan Issueists27(in press)
