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A promising direction in barrel ballistics aimed at increasing the muzzle velocity of a projectile is the use of new propellants as an attached charge. This paper presents an experimental and theoretical method for determining the law of propellant combustion in a manometric experiment (in a closed volume). Within the framework of this method, a small number of experiments could be sufficient to determine a change in the law of combustion during the propellant burnout and depending on pressure. This method is demonstrated on the example of processing three experiments with model high-density propellant. The laws of combustion of high-density propellants, obtained in this study, can later be used to calculate the gas-dynamic parameters of a shot from a barrel system or a nozzle bomb (in a semi-closed volume) using these propellants. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The combustion of a model high-density propellant (MHP) under the conditions of a closed volume has been investigated. A description is given of the main components and mechanisms of the manometric bomb being used. Procedures are described for determining the laws of propellant combustion in a manometric experiment, and a comparison is made of computational-experimental data. The distinctive features of the formation of an MHP combustion surface in various containers have been identified and described. The dependences of the layer combustion velocity of two model high-density propellants on pressure have been determined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

An experimental and theoretical study of the combustion of granulated charges consisting of pyroxylin powders in a manometric bomb of constant volume is presented. A comparison was made of the experimentally measured dependence of pressure increase in a manometric bomb with calculations according to thermodynamic model of combustion of a gunpowder sample in a manometric bomb using the empirical law of the dependence of the burning rate on pressure and a conjugate model of unsteady combustion of gunpowder. The unsteady rate of burning of pyroxylin powder, due to the high rate of pressure growth in the manometric bomb, differs from the quasi-stationary speed. This difference depends on the rate of pressure growth and on its absolute value and decreases with increasing pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]