CAD-Based 3D Grain Burnback Analysis

for Solid Rocket Motors

Proceedings of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
2019 pp 341-348 | Cite as

Ahmed Mahjub (1)

Qummare Azam (1) View author's OrcID profile (View OrcID profile)
M. Z. Abdullah (2) View author's OrcID profile (View OrcID profile)
Nurul Musfirah Mazlan (1) Email author (nmusfirah@usm.my)View author's
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1. School of Aerospace Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, ,

Nibong Tebal, Malaysia
2. School of Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia,
, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia

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Abstract

Propellant grain burnback analysis is crucial for solid rocket motor design and
performance prediction. Unlike 2D grain configurations, 3D configurations are
complex, hence, simulating their burnback inside the rocket combustion chamber is a
tedious and time-consuming process. This study proposes a fast and simple approach
for modeling, and evaluating the burning area of 3D propellant grains, based on
particular features available in a commercial CAD software. A common 3D Finocyl
grain configuration available in the literature has been taken as a test case. The results
obtained from the proposed approach were compared with the published experimental
data and showed good agreement. The proposed approach can handle any arbitrary
complex grain geometry and provide fast and reliable analysis for the preliminary
design stage of solid propellant rocket motors.

Keywords
Solid rocket motor Burnback analysis CAD Finocyl propellant grain
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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia’s Fundamental
Research Grant Scheme (203/PAERO/6071435) and Universiti Sains Malaysia
Research University grant (Grant No: 1001/PAERO/8014019) for funding this work.

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Mahjub A., Azam Q., Abdullah M.Z., Mazlan N.M. (2020) CAD-Based 3D Grain Burnback Analysis for Solid
Rocket Motors. In: Rajendran P., Mazlan N., Rahman A., Suhadis N., Razak N., Abidin M. (eds) Proceedings
of International Conference of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering 2019. Lecture Notes in Mechanical
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