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CAD-Based 3D Grain Burnback Analysis for Solid Rocket Motors

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Proceedings of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019

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Propellant grain burnback analysis is crucial for solid rocket motor design and performance prediction. Unlike 2D grain configurations, 3D configurations are complex, hence, simulating their burnback inside the rocket combustion chamber is a tedious and time-consuming process. This study proposes a fast and simple approach for modeling, and evaluating the burning area of 3D propellant grains, based on particular features available in a commercial CAD software. A common 3D Finocyl grain configuration available in the literature has been taken as a test case. The results obtained from the proposed approach were compared with the published experimental data and showed good agreement. The proposed approach can handle any arbitrary complex grain geometry and provide fast and reliable analysis for the preliminary design stage of solid propellant rocket motors.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia’s Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (203/PAERO/6071435) and Universiti Sains Malaysia Research University grant (Grant No: 1001/PAERO/8014019) for funding this work.

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  1. School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

    Ahmed Mahjub, Qummare Azam & Nurul Musfirah Mazlan

  2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 14300, Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia

    M. Z. Abdullah

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  1. School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Parvathy Rajendran

  2. School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Nurul Musfirah Mazlan

  3. School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

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    Norizham Abdul Razak

  6. School of Aerospace Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Mohd Shukur Zainol Abidin

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Mahjub, A., Azam, Q., Abdullah, M.Z., Mazlan, N.M. (2020). CAD-Based 3D Grain Burnback Analysis for Solid Rocket Motors. In: Rajendran, P., Mazlan, N., Rahman, A., Suhadis, N., Razak, N., Abidin, M. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019 . Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4756-0_28

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