Advanced Computer Science on Internal Ballistics of Solid Rocket Motors

Abstract

In this paper, described is the development of a numerical simulation system, what we call "Advanced Computer Science on SRM Internal Ballistics (ACSSIB)", for the purpose of improvement of performance and reliability of solid rocket motors (SRM). The ACSSIB system is consisting of a casting simulation code of solid propellant slurry, correlation database of local burning-rate of cured propellant in terms of local slurry flow characteristics, and a numerical code for the internal ballistics of SRM, as well as relevant hardware. This paper describes mainly the objectives, the contents of this R&D, and the output of the fiscal year of 2008.