A study was conducted to experimentally investigate the linear cumulative damage failure for solid propellants. To investigate this theory, two uniaxial tensile tests, for both a stress and strain environment, were performed on NASA-SRM TP-H1148 propellant using JANNAF CLASS 'A' and CLASS 'C' specimen geometries. The stress endurance test results indicate a greater sensitivity to microstructural damage than the strain rate endurance data. More importantly, the composite propellant response to damage is contingent upon the path at which the stress or strain is applied to the uniaxial tensile specimen. Consequently, linear cumulative damage failure theory does not appear to hold true for either test.
An investigation of the applicability of a damage failure theory for solid rocket propellants
Eine Untersuchung der Anwendbarkeit einer Schaden-Ausfall-Theorie für Raketen-Festtreibstoffe
AIAA-Papers ; 1-6
1992
6 Seiten, 15 Bilder, 5 Tabellen, 7 Quellen
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Englisch
Applicability of solid propellants to high-performance rocket vehicles
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