Radial pressure on a gun launched motor case due to slumping propellant

By David Salinas

Subjects: Elastic plates and shells, Computer programs, Propellants, Buckling (Mechanics)

Description: An investigation was undertaken to determine the radial pressure due to the slumping propellant in a gun-launched rocket motor case subject to high axial g loading during launch. Using a Rayleigh-Ritz formulation an approximate solution was obtained. (Author)