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8172888 
Meetings & Symposia 
PRESSURE DEFLAGRATION LIMIT OF SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANTS 
De Luca, L; Riva, G; Zanotti, C; Donde, R; Lapegna, V; Oleari, A 
1984 
AGARD 
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Fr 
22. 1-22. 16 
English 
The concept of pressure deflagration limit in the combustion of solid rocket propellants is reviewed. It is shown that the existence of a pressure deflagration limit is due not to lack of the appropriate steady state solution, but to burning instability (even for adiabatic combustion). The peculiar behavior of solid propellants near the pressure deflagration limit is confirmed by numerical and experimental tests of ammonium perchlorate based composite formulations.