Responsible Engineers: Ellie, Abraheim, Trevor, Jorian, Tamara, Berkin, Elizabeth
23/25 4 Assignments
Trevor - compiling formula percentages from various propellant formulas, looking into multi-cast propellant
Ellie - plasticizer and bonding agents and other liquids (how to get more burn out of it), look into GAP
Abraheim - learning how to use the x-ray machine after we get approval to use it, looking into solids packing for ammonium perchloratenail down breakdown of solids packing ratio for aluminum and AP, find suppliers for all types of AP, do solids packing calcs
Tamara -Tamara - talk to Kelly to get x-ray machine procedure, look into combustion simulation
Jorian - talk to Zack about x-ray machinenail down percentages of aluminum boride, find suppliers
Berkin - look at Angry goat formulation process, looking into high altitude and it's effects on how our propellant burns, look into ADN and GAP alsointo ADN and GAP, look into burn rate suppressants
Lee - magnesium boride
Simulation update:
- NASA Software requires higher level access, self verification with social security number. (Thoughts?)
- Emailed Zolti for suggestions, no response yet
- Flow 3D could be viable, has free academic license but needs to be installed department wide- possibly negotiable over email though.
- Propep (used before)
- There are combustion temperature equations that we could theoretically code but that's a lot of work.
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- 4-6-1
- 400, 90 micron AP, 3 micron Al
- Most use aggregate of aluminum sizes ranging between 3 micron and 40 micron
Things to look into:
- energetic plasticizer
- different combinations of binders, curative and plasticizer
- combined HTPB and Tepanol https://www.rocketmotorparts.com/Hydroxyl-terminated_Polybutadiene_Resin_wCAO-5_Antioxidant___HX-752_Bonding_Agent_1_Gallon/p1577809_20282764.aspx
- RPA for simulating propellant properties
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