[AR] Re: Phenolic regression rate

  • From: Reinhard Rath <reinhard.rath@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 17:29:07 +0100

You can find quite some data on HPR motors on Aerotechs sites. The burn time and configuration can be found in the instructions [1] and assembly drawings [2]. The thickness of their standard liner can be found on rocketmotorparts.com [3].

On the extreme end of the spectrum, motors like the N1000 moon burner have less than 0.25mm of liner thickness per second of burn time, although typical motors are >= 0.4mm/s in a BATES configuration.

Information on ATs propellant and liner properties is not public, so it is unclear if their numbers are applicable to other designs.

Reinhard

[1] http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/resources.aspx?id=4
[2] http://www.aerotech-rocketry.com/resources.aspx?id=6
[3] https://www.rocketmotorparts.com/Phenolic_Liners,_Uncut_Lengths/cat1577810_1455513.aspx


On 31.01.2018 at 21:07 William Claybaugh wrote:

Does anyone have any data on how long I can expect XX phenolic to survive the conditions in a solid rocket motor?

Anecdotal data helps: if some part of the phenolic wall was fully exposed to hot gas and was xx.xx inches or millimeters thick and did not fail; that’s data.  If it did fail, that is data too.

I’m adept at squeezing trends out of limited data but 20 or so usable data points are sort of a minimum; I’m very happy to share any conclusions I may reach.

Bill

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