This book focuses on the combustion performance and application of innovative energetic materials for solid and hybrid space rocket propulsion. It provides a comprehensive overview of advanced technologies in the field of innovative energetic materials and combustion performance, introduces methods of modeling and diagnosing the aggregation/agglomeration of active energetic metal materials in solid propellants, and investigates the potential applications of innovative energetic materials in solid and hybrid propulsion. In addition, it also provides step-by-step solutions for sample problems to help readers gain a good understanding of combustion performance and potential applications of innovative energetic materials in space propulsion. This book serves as an excellent resource for researchers and engineers in the field of propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnics.

Autorentext

WeiQiang Pang is a professor at Xi'an Modern Chemistry Research Institute. His research mainly focuses on the innovative energetic materials and their combustion, application in solid propellants. In recent years he has published more than 100 papers in international, peer-reviewed journals, more than 50 patents, and 5 books.

Luigi T. DeLuca received his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, USA, in 1976. He then worked as a Professor at the Space Propulsion Laboratory (RET), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China.

Alexander A. Gromov currently works at Rapid prototyping centre "Kinetica" of the National University of Science and Technology "MISiS". His research focuses on energetic materials, combustion chemistry, additive manufacturing etc. He has published more than 100 articles and 10 books.

Prof Cumming obtained both his degrees in Chemistry from the University of Edinburgh. He has worked on energetic materials since 1976. He was latterly an advisor to the MOD, and was based at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory until 2014. He has particular current interest in the environmental issues and the design of new materials for energetic systems.

Inhalt
High-energy solid propellants for the next generation development GAP/AND/AlH3: a comprehensive review of innovative energetic materials.- Combustion and application of energetic nano thermite in solid propellant.- Ignition and combustion behavior of innovative energetic materials: CL-20 in composite solid propellants.- Theoretical and experimental investigation of Agglomeration phenomena in combustion of aluminized composite solid propellant.- Combustion performance of Solid Rocket Propellants Containing TKX-50.- Condensed combustion production of energetic materials in solid rocket propellant.- Ignition of Energetic Materials - A review of our recent theoretical and experimental.- Deaggloneration and incapsulation of metal and bimetal nanoparticles for energetic applications.- Method of model agglomerates and its application to study the combustion mechanisms of Al, Ti, Al+B particles.- Application of innovative energetic materials-ADN in solid rocket propellant.- Nitrogen - rich materials in gun propellant applications.- Combustion features of energetic metal fuels in solid and hybrid propulsion.- Ignition and combustion of high-energy materials.