Combustion behavior of end-sealed nitroamine propellant by photocurable composite deterrents

Abstract

In this work, energetic composite composed of UV curable polyurethane acrylate and RDX was used as deterrent coating for 19-perforated nitroamine propellants plasticized by nitroglycerin and 1, 5-diazido-3-nitrazpentane (DIANP). The nitroamine propellant was end-sealed with the photocurable energetic composite material by using spraying and UV curing method. Combustion behaviors including burning progressivity and temperature sensitivity were studied by performing closed bomb test on propellants with 0.74%, 1.01% and 1.15% deterrent. The inner structure detection revealed that the deterrent penetrated into the perforations during coating process. The end-sealed propellant with blocked perforations exhibited inhibition of initial gas generation rate, which was demonstrated by dynamic vivacity curves. It is inspiring that the propellants coated with 1.01% and 1.15% deterrent presented excellent consistency according to the dynamic vivacity curves between 20 °C and 50 °C. Moreover. it can be indicated that the plugs in perforations conduced to temperature independence property of propellant under ambient temperature. This benefit contributes to improvement of the firing safety at high temperatures.

Keywords

• Nitroamine propellant
• Deterrent coating
• Photocurable deterrent
• Combustion behavior
• Temperature sensitivity