A review of the performance and structural considerations of paraffin wax hybrid rocket fuels with additives

K Veale, S Adali, J Pitot, M Brooks - Acta Astronautica, 2017 - Elsevier
Paraffin wax as a hybrid rocket fuel has not been comprehensively characterised, especially
regarding the structural feasibility of the material in launch applications. Preliminary …

A new strategy for the reinforcement of paraffin-based fuels based on cellular structures: The armored grain—Mechanical characterization

R Bisin, C Paravan, S Alberti, L Galfetti - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
Paraffin waxes have been identified as promising hybrid rocket fuels. Though attractive from
the ballistic point of view, these materials feature poor mechanical properties and, in …

Physical and ballistic characterization of aluminum-loaded paraffin hybrid rocket fuels

Y Pal, VR Kumar - Energy & Fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
The physical, thermal and ballistic performance of paraffin-based fuel loaded with aluminum
(Al) additive was investigated. The paraffin-based fuels were prepared using varying weight …

Experimental study of severity level of structural discontinuities in paraffin grains of hybrid propellant rocket

A Andrianov, J Lee, O Shynkarenko, D Simone… - Acta Astronautica, 2019 - Elsevier
Paraffin is one of the potential fuels currently being investigated for application in hybrid
propellant rockets because it has some important advantages, including good performance …

[HTML][HTML] Tensile and compressive strength characteristics of aluminized paraffin wax fuel for various particle size and contents

S Ryu, S Han, J Kim, H Moon, J Kim… - Journal of the Korean …, 2016 - koreascience.kr
Tensile and compressive strength tests were conducted to investigate the mechanical
characteristics of aluminized paraffin wax fuel for hybrid gas generator applications. Mixtures …

Mechanical characterization of paraffin-based hybrid rocket fuels

Y Pal, V Ravikumar - Materials Today: Proceedings, 2019 - Elsevier
The present work focuses on determination of the mechanical properties of paraffin-based
hybrid rocket fuels. The tensile tests were performed to evaluate the ultimate tensile strength …

[PDF][PDF] Characterization of Improved Wax-based Hybrid Propellant in Hybrid Rocket

PK Dash, J Nandy, S Giri - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - researchgate.net
In this paper, an experimental investigation on mechanical and combustion properties of
wax-based hybrid propellant with additives has been carried out. Different types of additive …

[PDF][PDF] 파라핀/알루미늄연료의알루미늄입자크기및함유비변화에따른인장및압축강도특성연구

류성훈, 한승주, 김진곤, 문희장, 김준형… - 한국추진공학회 …, 2016 - researchgate.net
초 록본 연구에서는 하이브리드 가스 발생기용 파라핀/알루미늄 왁스 연료의 기계적 특성
파악을 위한 인장 및 압축강도 실험을 수행하였다. 혼합된 알루미늄 입자의 크기와 첨가량에 …

나노알루미늄입자가첨가된파라핀연료의인장강도특성

류성훈, 한승주, 김시진, 김진곤, 문희장… - 한국추진공학회학술 …, 2016 - dbpia.co.kr
본 연구에서는 하이브리드 가스발생기용 알루미늄/파라핀 왁스 연료의 기계적 특성 파악을
위한 인장강도 실험을 만능재료시험기를 이용하여 수행하였다. 나노 알루미늄 입자 첨가량에 …

[引用][C] Preliminary evaluation of structural integrity of the single-port HDPE and paraffin grain under low temperature conditions

DGG Dias, A Andrianov, MNDB Júnior, O Shynkarenko - Revista Interdisciplinar de …, 2016