Introduction

Heat flux balance for burning solid propellant is important to recognize the combustion phenomena, especially in laser-sustained combustion. Hence, we proposed to apply laser heating and thermography to heat flux balance evaluation. With the method, heat flux from burning surface to solid phase, heat production rate on burning surface, and heat feedback from flame to burning surface as illustrated in Fig. 1.

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References

1. Akira Kakami, Shota Terashita and Takeshi Tachibana, “Application of laser-assisted combustion to solid propellant for space propulsion,” 46th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, AIAA-2010-6584, July 26 2010.
2. Akira Kakami, Shota Terashita and Takeshi Tachibana, “A Laser Heating Method for Estimating Thermal Balance of Burning Solid Propellants,” Science and Technology of Energetic Materials, Vol. 70, No. 6 , pp.145-151, December 2009.
3. Akira Kakami, Ryoma Hiyamizu, Kiyotaka Shuzenji and Takeshi Tachibana, “Laser-Assisted Combustion of Solid Propellant at Low Pressures,”Journal of Propulsion and Power, Vol. 24, No. 6, pp. 1355-1360, November 2008.