1. Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Solid Rocket Motor Components
- Author
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Richard E. Gardner
- Subjects
Propellant ,animal structures ,Materials science ,business.product_category ,business.industry ,musculoskeletal, neural, and ocular physiology ,technology, industry, and agriculture ,macromolecular substances ,General Medicine ,Radiation ,Radiation effect ,Ionizing radiation ,body regions ,Rocket ,Rocket engine ,Irradiation ,Aerospace engineering ,Solid-fuel rocket ,business - Abstract
Problems which the solid propellant rocket engineer will encounter in designing for long-term storage in a radiation environment are discussed. A summary of present knowledge of the radiation environment is given. Mechanisms of radiation degradation and its effects on tensile properties of propellant binders are discussed qualitatively. Data from a program of irradiation of several propellants is presented. Properties of two of the propellants were changed significantly by doses of the order of 4 x 10(exp 6) rads.
- Published
- 1962