This book, written by Antoon (Tony) Vyverman, describes in 8 chapters and 84 pages the different aspects of the propellant.
It provides information to most of the questions rocket amateurs are confronted with when using this propellant.
-
for Zn-S powder motors:
- predicting
the thrust curve based on the nozzle area and the total propellant
mass:
- The
pressures that can be expected?
- the best
nozzle shapes for highest impulse?
- how to
ignite and the influence of the type of ignition on the thrust curve?
- how to
prepare Zn-S propellants for hot cast propellants?
- what
temperatures are needed for proper liquefaction?
- what
happens with the grain during solidification?
- the
problem of several cigarette grains?
- the
burning rate mechanism?
- how to
control burning rate with sulfur content?
- how to get
an Isp of 60s and more?
Content:
part 1
- introduction
- chapter
1: a brief history of zinc-sulfur propellants
part 2: a general description of zinc-sulfur rocket motors
- chapter
2: introduction
- chapter
3: powdered zinc-sulfur propellants
- chapter
4: hot cast zinc and sulfur propellants
- chapter
5: other modifications
part 3: calculating zinc-sulfur rocket motors
- chapter
6: nozzle calculations
- chapter
7: thermodynamical calculations
- chapter
8: modeling and experimental verification
- thermodynamical
data
references
