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Fundamental Studies Relating to the Mechanical Behavior of Solid Propellants, Rocket Grains and Rocket Motors

Blatz, P. J. and Ko, W. L. and Zak, A. R. (1962) Fundamental Studies Relating to the Mechanical Behavior of Solid Propellants, Rocket Grains and Rocket Motors. California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA. (Unpublished) https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20151203-152918001

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Abstract

The former reports provided considerable information about foam and continuum rubbers under three types of tensile loading (i.e. uniaxial, strip-biaxial and homogeneous-biaxial tension). Since continuum rubbers are almost incompressible it is extremely difficult to determine the strain energy function beyond the linear term. On the other hand the highly dilatable foam rubber enables one to determine the functional form of the strain energy valid up to higher order terms. Special attention is being paid to foam rubber, since it represents .the limiting case of completely dewetted propellant. The present report will (i) furnish the method of determination of strain energy function and the associated constitutive stress-strain law for large deformations out to fracture and (ii) present the triaxial tensile test data needed to double check item (i).


Item Type:Report or Paper (Technical Report)
Additional Information:GALCIT 118 A - Progress Report No. 3 Aerojet Contract S-4200061-OP November 28, 1961 - February 28, 1962. This program is being supported by the Aerojet-General Corporation, Sacramento Division, under technical cognizance of Dr. F. J. Climent to provide technical support to the Polaris Project.
Group:Graduate Aeronautical Laboratories (Solid Mechanics), GALCIT
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Aerojet-General CorporationS-4200061-OP
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GALCIT Report SM62-14
DOI:10.7907/exmn-em08
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