Understanding the combustion behaviors of solid propellant with different levels of
strains is of practical interest. In this work, an experimental study
of the effects of static and dynamic strains on the burning rate,
temperature, CO, and
C
O
2
formation of aluminized ammonium
perchlorate (AP)-hydroxyl terminated poly-butadiene (HTPB) propellant
combustion was presented at initial pressures of 0.1 MPa,
0.2 MPa, and 0.5 MPa. The strains were being applied
onto solid propellant by exerting static and cyclic loadings. The
propellant burning rate was acquired by a 4 kHz high-speed
photography system, and the combustion temperature, CO, and
C
O
2
column densities were measured at
10 kHz through laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS). At
atmospheric pressure, it was demonstrated that the propellant burning
rate increased with tensile stress and decreased with compressive
stress. The measured flame temperature showed a similar correlation
with strains as compared to the propellant burning rate. At elevated
pressures, the increase of the propellant burning rate due to tensile
stress was more evident, while the difference in combustion
temperatures was less significant. For the cyclic strain condition,
the variations of the measured
C
O
2
and CO column densities were
consistent with the static strain condition.