Table Of ContentSpringer Aerospace Technology
Luigi De Luca
Toru Shimada
Valery P. Sinditskii
Editors
Max Calabro
Chemical
Rocket
Propulsion
A Comprehensive Survey of Energetic
Materials
Springer Aerospace Technology
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Luigi T. DeLuca • Toru Shimada
Valery P. Sinditskii • Max Calabro
Editors
Chemical Rocket Propulsion
A Comprehensive Survey of Energetic
Materials
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Editors
LuigiT.DeLuca ToruShimada
SpacePropulsionLaboratory(SPLab) InstituteofSpaceandAstronautical
DepartmentofAerospaceScience Science(ISAS)
andTechnology JapanAerospaceExploration
PolitecnicodiMilano Agency(JAXA)
Milan,Italy Sagamihara,Japan
ValeryP.Sinditskii MaxCalabro
DepartmentofChemicalEngineering TheInnerArch
MendeleevUniversity Poissy,France
ofChemicalTechnology
Moscow,Russia
ISSN1869-1730 ISSN1869-1749 (electronic)
SpringerAerospaceTechnology
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Preface
This book deals with energetic materials and their application to chemical rocket
propulsionasinitiallydiscussedatthe12thIWCPtitled“NewEnergeticMaterials
for Space Exploration.” This event was held at Politecnico di Milano (PoliMi),
Campus Bovisa, Milan, Italy, 9–10 June 2014 and was attended by about 200
participantsfrom20countries.Intotal,37technicalpaperswereoffered,including
28 oral presentations and 9 poster papers. The Workshop was a unique gathering
and opportunity, where participants could freely discuss the future of chemical
rocketpropulsionforaccess to,andexplorationof,space.Distinguishedscientists
andpropulsionengineersfromacademia,government,andindustrywereinvitedto
attend.TheofficialGroupPhotooftheMilanWorkshopisshownasFig.1.
This book includes selected technical papers of high-quality presented at the
Workshop, with several additional papers invited from the relevant international
scientific community. All papers were accepted for publication only after passing
a careful and severe peer review process by two to five anonymous international
experts, according to the same comprehensive procedures employed by the most
qualifiedarchivalpublications.EveryprintedpaperhasaDOIreference.Therefore,
this volume should not be considered an unfiltered collection of conference
proceedings but rather an advanced supplemental reading for graduate students,
lecturers,researchers,andscientistsinacademiaorresearchcenters,engineers,and
industrialists.
TheInternationalWorkshoponCombustionandPropulsion(IWCP)serieswas
started in 1990 by the Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPLab) of Politecnico di
Milano as an attempt to bridge the gap between researchers of the Eastern and
Western blocs, which were until that time rigidly separated, in the broad areas of
combustionapplicationsforpropulsionandrocketpropulsion.Convenientlylocated
betweenthetwobigcountries,Italyhaskeptcommunicationchannelsopenbetween
AmericanandRussianscientists,evenduringthehardtimesofglobalcompetition.
The IWCP series intends to promote free technical discussion and knowledge
exchangein a relaxedatmosphere.Themeetingformatwas builtin orderto favor
detailed discussions among leading international researchers on selected areas of
interest, rather than formal presentations of final results by registered authors on
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a wide range of topics. Plenary Lectures by outstanding speakers are meant to
offeracriticalsurveyofspecificthemesandpavethewaytodetailedcontributions
from the authors as well as general discussions within the audience. For quality
assurance, participation of lecturers/speakers/observers is normally restricted to
a small number of invited people internationally selected for their demonstrated
technical competence but also innovative vision or provocative approach. Serious
effortsaremadetoensurethattheresultsarereadilyandeasilyavailabletoawide
rangeofinternationalreaders,andtheleveloftechnicalaccuracyatallstages,from
paperpresentationstowrittendiffusionofresults,issetatthehighestprofessional
standards.
Although some of these features may have been diluted or adapted during the
years,thebasicflavorhasbeenkept.Theattendanceofworldwiderenownedauthors
inthemeetingsandtimelinessoftopicscontainedintheIWCPcollectionofevents
prove the effectiveness and success of the series in advancing energetic material
combustionandrocketpropulsionunderstanding.
The 12th IWCP addressedthe currentstatus in the field of energeticmaterials,
from the viewpointboth of formulationand related topics from rocketpropulsion
to other applications. The workshop also looked for inspiring perspectives in a
number of areas related to the energetic materials specifically used in chemical
rocketpropulsion.
Subsequently,thebookwill:
• Surveythecurrentinternationalstatusofenergeticmaterialsforpropulsion
• Identifynewpromisingingredientsfornovelenergeticmaterialsformulation
• Provide an insight into powerful new energetic formulations under study at
world-wideadvancedlaboratories
• ProvidesomerarelyaccessibleinformationfromRussianandChinesesources
• Recommend future directions for a wide range of themes, from chemical
propulsiontoapplications,resortingtoenergeticmaterials
• Offer the advantage of a common source for several topics treated in the book
butscatteredintheopenliterature
• Discuss little-known propulsion topics such as gel propulsion, catalytic tech-
niques,andnanosizedingredients
Thebookismeanttoofferacomprehensivesurveyofchemicalrocketpropulsion
from the energetic materials viewpoint. Thus, the whole “life-cycle” of energetic
materialsiscovered:fromtheirconceptualformulationtopracticalmanufacturing,
includingtheoreticalandexperimentalballisticsaswellasperformanceproperties,
laboratory-scale and full system-scale, management (handling, storage, ageing,
hazards,impact,disposal,remediation),andsoon.Eachofthechaptersshallfocus
ononeofmainaspects,withouthoweveroverlookingpossibleinteractionswiththe
remaining issues. All topics are considered from a broad international viewpoint.
In order to offer readers a comprehensivesurvey of currenttechnical problems, a
fineselectionofaccomplishedexpertsfromthepioneeringeraofspacepropulsion
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as well as of current technologists from some of the most advanced international
laboratorieswasputtogetherandagreedtosupportthiseditorialinitiative.
The whole collection of 45 accepted papers is structured in the following 11
bookchapterswithacommontargetof“advancingchemicalpropulsionsystemsby
addressingallaspectsofpropellants”(asexpressedbyananonymousreviewer).
Thebookisopenedbyacollectiveintroductorychapterthatprovidesaconsistent
theme for the volume and shows how distinctly different chapters fit into this
themeandcooperatetoreachacommonfinalgoal.Suchchapterwasassembledby
collectingwell-focusedessaysbyinternationallyrecognizedexpertsinthecovered
area, who briefly introduce each chapter. This introductory chapter will also help
inarousingtheinterestofpotentialreadersandwillhopefullypromptthemtolook
intoindividualchaptersorpapers.
It is our great pleasure to thank the following international reviewers for their
substantial help in raising the quality of the book. Without their efforts, the
publicationofthisvolumewouldhavebeenimpossible:
ShaliniAnand,HiroshiAoki,HiroyaAsakawa,ValeryA.Babuk,M.Balduccini,
Yann Batonneau, L. Boccaletto, Manfred A. Bohn, Ch. Bonhomme, Ch. Bonnal,
Max Calabro, Leonard H. Caveny, S. Mary Celin, N. Cesco, Helmut Ciezki,
Adam S. Cumming, B. D’Andrea,E. D’Aversa, W.P.C. de Klerk, Luigi T. DeLuca,
Y. Fabignon, Go Fujii, Luciano Galfetti, S. Gallier, A. Gany, N.G. Glumac,
T.I.Gorbenko,J.F.Guéry,DietrichHaeseler,OskarJ.Haidn,StephenD.Heister,
Keiichi Hori, N. Ierardo, Charles Kappenstein, Arif Karabeyog˘lu, Thomas M.
Klapötke, M.J. Klopfstein, A. Korotkikh, Bernard M. Kosowski, C.J. Lee, David
Lempert,FilippoMaggi,AnthonyP.Manzara,K.Menke,HarunoriNagata,Ichiro
Nakagawa,BenvenisteNatan,A.Neri,J.Neutz,O.Orlandi,BryanA.Palaszewski,
D.Pavarin,WeiQiangPang,P.Pempie,AllaN.Pivkina,S.Peters,S.Petitot,Sergey
A.Rashkovskiy,TakashiSakurai,KeisukeSawada,H.Schöyer,ToruShimada,Y.J.
Shu,IrinaL.Simakova,ValeryP.Sinditskii,HaridwarSingh,V.I.Trushlyakov,Ruth
Tunnell,D.Yagodnikov,N.Wingborg,Q.L.Yan,VladimirE.Zarko,FengQiZhao.
In addition, the technical language of many non-native English authors was
polished by Dr. Adam S. Cumming, Dr. Anthony P. Manzara, Mr. Bryan A.
Palaszewski,andDr.RuthTunnell,whodeservespecialthanksfortheirpatientand
generousassistanceinthephaseofpaperrevision.We wouldalsoliketothankall
the authors for their paper contribution and collaboration in following the format
specified by SpringerInternationalPublishingAG. Finally, special thanksare due
toMs.CharlotteCrossforhercontinuousassistanceinthemanypublishingissues
wehadtoface.
Furtherhigh-qualitypresentationsweremadeattheWorkshopbyI.G.Assovskiy
(SemenovInstituteofChemicalPhysics,Russia),P.Bellomi(Avio,Italy),E.Bucci
(Avio, Italy), Helmut Ciezki (DLR, Germany), Charles Kappenstein (University
of Poitiers, France), Bernard M. Kosowski (MACH I, USA), K.K. Kuo (Pennsyl-
vania State University, USA), Z. Mansurov (Institute of Combustion Problems,
Kazakhstan), M. Persson (ECAPS, Sweden), S. Schlechtriem (DLR, Germany),
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and N. Wingborg (FOI, Sweden). Unfortunately, these contributions could not
be included in the book, but the authors are greatly thanked for their active
participation. In addition to the several chapter authors listed in the Table of
Contents,furthershortcontributionswereprovidedbyDr.ChaoyangZhang(China
AcademyofEngineeringPhysics,Mianyang,Sichuan,China),Dr.QinghuaZhang
(ChinaAcademyofEngineeringPhysics,Mianyang,Sichuan,China),andDr.Hao
Feng(Xi’anModernChemistryResearchInstitute,Xi’an,Shaanxi,China).
ThisbookwasstartedatPolitecnicodiMilano,Milan,Italy,byoneoftheeditors
(Luigi T. DeLuca), continued after his retirement at Konkuk University, Seoul,
Korea, and finally completed at Nanjing University of Science and Technology,
Nanjing, China. Sincere thanks are due to both Konkuk University and Nanjing
UniversityofScienceandTechnologyforprovidinganexcellentatmosphereandall
neededprofessionalsupport.ThisopportunityistakentothankalsoMs.I.Palmucci,
Mr.D.Trache,Dr.WeiQiangPang,andMr.GiovanniColombofortheirvaluable
andcontinuousassistanceduringtheentireWorkshoporganizationandconduction.
Wesincerelywishthatthisjointinternationaleffortwillhelpallreaderstogain
abetterunderstandingofthepuzzlingintricaciesandappealingsecretsofenergetic
materials as well as of the perplexing difficulties but also fascinating horizons of
spacepropulsion!
Sicituradastra(Virgil,AeneidBookIX,line641,19BC)
30September2015 TheVolumeCo-Editors
Milan,Italy LuigiT.DeLuca
Sagamihara,Japan ToruShimada
Moscow,Russia ValeryP.Sinditskii
Poissy,France MaxCalabro
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