SRM - Xls S R M: Performance
SRM - Xls S R M: Performance
SRM - Xls S R M: Performance
xls
Solid Rocket Motor Performance
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Instructions for use: Enter required data in the blue-outlined cells (with blue text)
Then click on the Solve buttons (1-3)
Introduction
This spreadsheet was created in order to predict the performance of a Solid Rocket
Motor (SRM). Although there are many factors which make an exact prediction
of actual performance difficult, it was felt that a reasonably close approximation
to expected performance would be attainable, and be very useful for design purposes.
The two most significant factors that will affect the actual (delivered) performance
compared to predicted are propellant preparation and nozzle construction . Propellant
preparation affects the burn rate characteristics and combustion efficiency. Care must
be taken to have propellant constituents well-blended and of consistent oxidizer particle
size (see "Conditions for Applicability", Burnrate worksheet). The nozzle efficiency can
be enhanced through careful contouring and polishing of flow surfaces.
Another factor that leads to inaccuracy in prediction is that the analysis assumes that
ignition of the propellant occurs on all surfaces immediately and simultaneously. As
well, burnout of the propellant is assumed to occur instantaneously. In reality, burning
would normally initiate on those surfaces directly exposed to the ignition flame only,
and as the chamber pressure rises, ignition occurs then on the remaining exposed
propellant surfaces. The net affect is that the actual pressure rise and tail-off occur
less rapidly than predicted, resulting in a more "rounded" shape to the pressure/time
curve.
In particular, erosive burning is difficult to model. This spreadsheet uses a simple
erosive burning model, intended more for contemplative purpose than actual prediction.
Pressure and performance predictions are based upon standard thermodynamic
and fluid flow equations, in conjunction with empirically obtained parameters that
relate propellant burn rate to pressure. These parameters (a,n) are provided for
two propellants: Potassium Nitrate/Dextrose, and Potassium Nitrate/Sorbitol, of
the standard oxidizer/ fuel ratio of 65/35 (hereafter referred to as KNDX and KNSO,
respectively). These particular parameters were obtained through a comprehensive
series of Strand Burner measurements.
This spreadsheet is intended primarily for designing rocket motors that use KNDX
and KNSO as propellants, however, other propellants may be specified, as long as
the required properties are inputted by the user (see Propellant Data and Burnrate
worksheets).
Note that this spreadsheet is solely intended for hollow-cylindrical propellant grains
(including BATES). Any number of segments may be specified. The user can also
specify which surfaces are to be inhibited from burning (if any).
To provide guidance in use of this spreadsheet, and to clarify various terms,
"pop up" text boxes will appear over cells with a red corner flag. These may be
disabled via the Tools/Options/View/Comments menu.
Problems:
If the message #DIV0! appears in a calculation cell, the most likely cause is that
the value of Kn that is specified is too low. In reality, this means that the burning
rate of the propellant is not great enough to allow pressure to build up in the motor.
(i.e. throat is too large). The solution is to change the value of Kn to a higher value.
Another problem relates to non-convergence of a solution. If this occurs, the message
#NUM! will appear in a calculation cell. This can sometimes be overcome by simply
quitting Excel and re-starting the application.
Please forward any comments, suggestions, or notice of problems to the author:
www.nakka-rocketry.net
Richard A.Nakka
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6 April 2002
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Pgina 1 de 2
3337
Fecha: 21-Sep-2011
P mx:
6.954
MPa
70.934 Kg./cm
Ti:
5.9091
Tiempo de impulso
Isp:
134.91
Impulso especfico
3651.31
Mximo impulso
F mx.:
It:
19720.95
Combustible:
Ns
KN-Dx
Impulso Total
65%
35%
Peso:
42423.58
42.4236 Kg.
Peso comb:
14906.60
14.9066 Kg.
Peso de combustible
Peso d:
57330.17
57.3302 Kg.
mx
Tq =
Ti =
3651 N
F promedio =
Ti =
3337 N
5.909 s
6.95 MPa
5.7428 s
5.9091 s
8.0
4000
7.0
3500
6.0
3000
5.0
2500
Impulso (N.)
mx.
4.0
3.0
2000
1500
2.0
1000
1.0
500
0
0.0
0.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.02.22.42.62.83.03.23.43.63.84.04.24.44.64.85.05.25.45.65.86.06.26.4
0.00.20.40.60.81.01.21.41.61.82.02.22.42.62.83.03.23.43.63.84.04.24.44.64.85.05.25.45.65.86.06.26.4
Tiempo (s)
Tiempo (s)
Carcaza
Material:
2.7259
210
AISI 304 L
Dec:
214.70
mm
Dic:
202.70
mm
6.00
mm
330.00
mm
Ltom:
53.10
mm
Ltam:
53.10
mm
Lcarc:
436.20
mm
Vcarc:
1715.97
cm
Volumen de la carcaza
g/cm
e:
Lcc:
Densidad:
Pcarc:
8.00
13727.75
6.95
Sd:
2.00
MPa
70.93 Kg./cm
Pd:
5.87
MPa
59.86 Kg./cm
Presin de diseo
Pu:
32.00
MPa
326.35 Kg./cm
Presin de rotura
Su:
5.45
St:
0.84
4.00
El presente documento (basado en la recoleccin de datos de diseo de la planilla original SRM.xls diseada y elaborada por Richard Nakka) representa todos los clculos
efectuados y requeridos para el diseo de un motor cohete de combustible slido a base de azucares, el mismo puede ser impreso y usado de como referencia para
realizar los planos de fabricacin correspondientes y necesarios como as tambin el ingreso de los datos correspondientes, para la categorizacin del motor diseado, en
programas de simulacin.
Las ilustraciones expuestas en el presente documento, ilustran de modo genrico el formato de las partes componentes de un motor, as como los clculos de volumen y
de pesos estn basados en este formato genrico.
Versin: 1.0 (25-SEP-2008)
5.00
Pgina 2 de 2
Tobera y tapa
Dg:
21.40
mm
Dimetro de la garganta
Dt:
73.98
mm
Dimetro de la tobera
198.00
mm
Dcc:
:
28
Grados
90
Grados
Lcd:
105.45
mm
Lcc:
88.30
mm
Dg/Lg:
0.85
Lg:
18.19
mm
Largo de la garganta
Lt:
211.94
mm
Vt:
1873.32
cm
Volumen de la tobera
Material:
AISI 316
Densidad:
8.00
Peso to:
14986.59
mm
Largo de la tapa
53.10
Material:
AISI 316
Vta:
1713.53
Densidad:
8.00
Peso ta:
Volumen de la tapa
g/cm
13708.25 g
Granos
2.00
Cant:
1.00
Do:
198.00
mm
do:
50.00
mm
Lo:
320.00
mm
D Inh:
201.70
mm
Combustible:
Oxidante:
Dextrosa
35%
Porcentaje de combustible
Nitrato de potacio
65%
Porcentaje de oxidante
Peso comb:
14906.60
Preparacin de combustible
Adicional
10%
Dextrosa
5,739.04 g
Nitrato de potacio
Peso de combustible
10,658.22 g
Total a preparar
Peso de Oxidante
16,397.26 g
Descripcin
Resalto de refuerzo
Peso un.
1
Cantidad
1
Peso total
1
0
0
0
0
Observaciones
Para fijacin con anillo segger
Materiales
Designacin
Material
Unidades
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
AISI 304
AISI 316
AISI 310
AISI 316 L
AISI 304 L
AISI 321
AISI 446
SAE 1040
SAE 1010
SAE 4140
Al 6061-T4
Al 6061-T6
Al 2014-T4
Al 2014-T6
Densidad
g/cm
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Ac. Inox
Acero de bajo contenido de carbono
Acero de bajo contenido de carbono
Ac. Inox
Aleacin de aluminio
Aleacin de aluminio
Aleacin de aluminio
Aleacin de aluminio
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
8.00
7.80
7.85
7.87
7.85
2.70
2.70
2.80
2.80
MPa
MPa
215
290
275
290
210
240
345
290
180
690
145
276
290
414
505
580
655
560
564
620
550
525
325
975
241
310
427
483
197,000
193,000
200,000
193,000
197,000
197,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
200,000
68,900
68,900
72,400
72,400
b
(Fty/Ftu)
B
(Burst
factor)
0.4257
0.5000
0.4198
0.5179
0.3723
0.3871
0.6273
0.5524
0.5538
0.7077
0.6017
0.8903
0.6792
0.8571
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
2.3940
2.0482
2.4268
1.9813
2.7259
2.6261
1.6702
1.8664
1.8619
1.5152
1.7304
1.2657
1.5653
1.3050
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
#DIV/0!
Poison ratio
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.29
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.33
A
B
C
D
E
9.5833
-33.5280
44.9290
-28.4790
8.6475
Do
do
Lo
N
Outer surface:
Core:
Ends:
Lgo
Vg
Vl
198.00
50
320.00
1
0
1
1
320
9224721
0.866
r' grain
1.879
0.86
1.616
14.907
57655
50265
0
107920
r grain
m grain
Abeo
Abco
Abso
Abo
mm
mm
mm
mm
mm3
g/cm3
g/cm3
kg.
mm2
mm2
mm2
mm2
Graph 1
400
350
300
250
Kn 200
150
100
50
0
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
0246810
12
14
16
18
20
22
24
26
28
30
32
34
36
38
40
42
44
46
48
50
52
54
56
58
60
62
64
66
68
70
72
74
76
78
0.00
Nozzle:
Kno
Ato
Dto
300
2
360 mm
21.402 mm
e
Dtf
0.0 mm
21.40 mm
web thickness
Kn max
Kn min
Kn avg
370
297
346
web thickness
Motor chamber:
Dc
202.7 mm
Lc
330.0 mm
3
Vc 10649061 mm
Propellant grain:
Type
1
R'
M
R
k
hc
To
To act
Patm
c*
G*
kv
8314
42.39
196.1
1.1308
0.97
1710
1659
0.101
899
0
0
J/mol-K
kg/kmol
J/kg-K
K
K
MPa
m/s
Graph 2A
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
Universal gas constant
3.0
Effective molecular wt.of products
2.0
Specific gas constant
Ratio of specific heats, mixture
1.0
Combustion efficiency
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
1.4
1.6
1.8
2.0
2.2
2.4
2.6
2.8
3.0
3.2
3.4
3.6
3.8
4.0
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.8
5.0
5.2
5.4
5.6
5.8
6.0
6.2
6.4
Ideal combustion temperature
Actual chamber temperature
Time (sec.)
Ambient pressure
Characteristic exhaust velocity
Pmax =
Propellant erosive burning area ratio threshold
6.95 MPa
t burn =
Propellant erosive burning velocity coefficient
5.743 s.
t thrust =
5.909 s.
MPa
mm2
mm2
-2.08
-2.08
mm
N.
N-sec.
sec.
Thrust (N.)
k
h noz
Ae/At
Patm
Ato
Ae
Meo
Mef
De
Ae/At opt
Ae/At opt
wf
CFmax
F max
It
Isp
Class:
Graph 3A
-2.08
F max =
F avg =
t thrust =
3651 N.
3337 N.
5.909 sec.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Thrust
(N.)
0
3115
3119
3230
3329
3416
3488
3547
3593
3626
3645
3651
3644
3624
3590
3544
3483
3410
3323
3222
3108
2187
0
Thrust
(lb.)
0
700
701
726
748
768
784
797
808
815
819
821
819
815
807
797
783
767
747
724
699
492
0
Thrust (Newtons)
Data pt.
kg.
lb.
N-sec.
lb-sec.
N.
lb.
sec.
sec.
3337
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
6.0
8.0
Time (seconds)
Thrust (Pounds)
Time step
14.907
32.863
19721.0
4433.7
3337.4
750.3
5.909
134.9
N
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
0.0
2.0
4.0
Time (seconds)
Propellant Data
properties
[Type 3] Other
KNSU-65/35
1.889
1.044
1.133
41.98
1720
Pressure range
Pressure, psia
14.7 to
113
113 to
373
373 to
860
860 to
1233
1233 to
1625
KN-Dextrose
a
n
psi, in/sec
0.016
0.619
0.311
-0.009
0.005
0.688
1.416
-0.148
0.021
0.442
65/35 O/F
Pressure range
Pressure, Mpa
0.100 to
0.779
0.779 to
2.572
2.572 to
5.930
5.930 to
8.502
8.502 to
11.20
a
n
Mpa, mm/sec
8.875
0.619
7.553
-0.009
3.841
0.688
17.20
-0.148
4.775
0.442
Pressure range
Pressure, psia
14 to
117
117 to
218
218 to
550
550 to
1020
1020 to
1548
a
n
Mpa, mm/sec
10.708
0.625
8.763
-0.314
7.852
-0.013
3.907
0.535
9.653
0.064
16
Burn rate (mm/s)
14
12
10
KN-Dextrose
KN-Sorbitol
6
4
2
0
0
10
12
Pressure (MPa)
Pressure range
Pressure, psia
0 to
5000
Other propellant
KNSU 65/35
a
n
Pressure range
psi, in/sec
Pressure, Mpa
0.0665
0.319
0 to
a
Mpa, mm/sec
5000 to
5000
0 to
5000 to
5000
0 to
5000 to
5000
0 to
5000 to
5000
0 to
Important: Enter data either in English or S.I. cells, not in both.
Column highlighted in light blue must be completely filled in !
0.0 to
34.5
8.26
0.319
0.0 to
Burn rate vs0.00
pressure0.000
34.5 to
34.5
0.0 to
Other (English
34.5 to
34.5
0.00 units) 0.000
0.0 to
34.5 to
34.5
0.00
0.000
0.0 to
34.5
to
34.5
0.00
0.000
0.0 to
0.7
4.8
4.8
4.8
0.0
0.0
0.8
0
0.2889
0.3605
0.4102
0.4497
0.4828
0.5117
0.5375
0.5609
0.5824
0.6023500
1000
0.6209
0.6384 Pressure (psi)
0.6549
0
#NUM! 0.7
1
0 0.6
2
0
3
0 0.5
4
0 0.4
5
0 0.3
6
0
7
0 0.2
8
0 0.1
9
0 0
101500
0
0
11
0
12
0
13
0
Burn rate (mm/s)
13.771
Burn rate vs pressure
13.909
Other (S.I. Units)
14.044
0.000
0.000
0.9
0.6
0.5 0
100
0.4
200
300
0.3
400
500
0.2
600
700
0.1
800
900
0
10000
1100
1200
1300
0.44
0.44
0.44
0.00
0.00
0.25
Mpa
0.1
0.25
0.5
0.779
1.029
1.279
1.529
1.779
2.029
2.279
2.572
2.822
3.072
3.322
3.572
3.822
4.072
4.322
4.572
4.822
5.072
5.322
5.572
5.93
6.18
6.43
6.68
6.93
7.18
7.43
7.68
7.93
8.18
8.5
8.75
9
9.25
9.5
9.75
10
10.25
10.5
10.75
11
a
8.87544497
8.87544497
8.87544497
8.87544497
7.55278442
7.55278442
7.55278442
7.55278442
7.55278442
7.55278442
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
3.8408799
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
17.2041864
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
4.77524086
0.25
n
0.6193
0.6193
0.6193
0.6193
-0.0087
-0.0087
-0.0087
-0.0087
-0.0087
-0.0087
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
0.6882
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
-0.1481
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
0.4417
r
2.13250538
3.7612689
5.77779674
7.60360037
7.5509062
7.53663209
7.52493484
7.51502722
7.50643512
7.49885081
7.35832907
7.84339455
8.31522501
8.77521876
9.22453298
9.66413918
10.0948631
10.5174143
10.932408
11.3403822
11.741811
12.1371146
12.5266681
13.2173606
13.1367745
13.0598472
12.9862795
12.915807
12.8481947
12.7832327
12.7207332
12.6605269
12.6024614
12.5310423
12.4474457
12.6032978
12.7567512
12.9079061
13.0568562
13.2036889
13.3484861
13.4913247
13.632277
13.7714107
Mpa
0.1035
0.2505
0.3975
0.5445
0.6915
0.807
0.954
1.101
1.248
1.395
1.503
1.65
1.797
1.944
2.091
2.238
2.385
2.532
2.679
2.826
2.973
3.12
3.267
3.414
3.561
3.792
3.939
4.086
4.233
4.38
4.527
4.674
4.821
4.968
5.115
5.262
5.409
5.556
5.703
5.85
5.997
6.144
6.291
6.438
11.25
11.5
10
Pressure (MPa)
15
4.77524086
4.77524086
0.4417
0.4417
13.90879
14.0444753
6.585
6.732
6.879
7.033
7.18
7.327
7.474
7.621
7.768
7.915
8.062
8.209
8.356
8.503
8.65
8.797
8.944
9.091
9.238
9.385
9.532
9.679
9.826
9.973
10.12
10.267
10.414
10.561
10.708
10.855
11.002
8.944
a
10.7076838
10.7076838
10.7076838
10.7076838
10.7076838
8.76328007
8.76328007
8.76328007
8.76328007
8.76328007
8.76328007
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
7.85216579
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
n
0.6247
0.6247
0.6247
0.6247
0.6247
-0.3142
-0.3142
-0.3142
-0.3142
-0.3142
-0.3142
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
-0.013
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
r
2.59614398
4.50952425
6.01729696
7.32442297
8.50381327
9.37404485
8.89390718
8.50231354
8.17402702
7.8929886
7.71020952
7.80121361
7.79256325
7.78460193
7.77722849
7.7703625
7.76393895
7.75790457
7.75221512
7.74683352
7.74172833
7.7368727
7.7322435
7.72782067
7.72358669
7.71727849
8.13930475
8.30054864
8.45911908
8.61515101
8.76876829
8.92008494
9.06920619
9.21622943
9.36124497
9.50433679
9.64558311
9.78505694
9.92282657
10.058956
10.1935051
10.3265305
10.4580852
10.5882193
3.9067683
3.9067683
3.9067683
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
9.65320362
0.5354
0.5354
0.5354
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
0.0638
10.71698
10.844412
10.9705577
10.9324887
10.9469266
10.9610904
10.9749905
10.9886371
11.0020394
11.0152063
11.0281463
11.0408672
11.0533766
11.0656817
11.0777892
11.0897055
11.1014369
11.1129892
11.1243678
11.1355782
11.1466255
11.1575143
11.1682494
11.1788352
11.1892759
11.1995756
11.2097382
11.2197673
11.2296665
11.2394394
11.2490891
2
1
1
1
0.067
1000
0.2
1
100
2300
inch ->
inch ->
lb(mass) ->
lb(force) ->
lb/in3 ->
lb/in2 ->
in2 ->
lb-sec ->
deg.F. ->
R. ->
50.8
2.54
0.4536
4.448
1.855
6.895
129
4.448
37.8
1278
Length
Length
Mass
Force
Density
Pressure
Area
Impulse
Temperature
Abs. temperature
25
3
1
1
1.5
5
80
1
100
2300
0.984
1.181
2.205
0.225
0.05419
725
0.124
0.225
212
4140
inch
inch
lb(mass)
lb(force)
lb/in3
lb/in2
in2
lb-sec
deg.F.
R.
1.26
2.5
5
10
20
40
80
160
320
640
1280
2560
5120
10240
20480
40960
81920
Record of Revisions
Version
Date
Beta
1 Dec. 99
Beta-1
1 Sep. 00
1.00
6 April 02
Worksheet
Performance
Data and Kn
Propellant data
Data and Kn
Pressure
Performance
Intro
Output
(all)
Changes
- Original release.
- Revised perfomance to take into account varying Ae/At due to throat erosion.
- Added web fraction calculation.
- Edited comment for nozzle efficiency.
- Added volumetric loading fraction calculation.
- k for static mixture added.
- Notes added.
- Fixed bug wrt computing tweb with core inhibited.
- Hint added.
- Solve buttons edited & arrow added.
- k for static mixture now used for pressure & c* computation.
- Solve buttons edited & arrow added.
- k for 2-phase flow inserted.
- URL added.
- Text modified
- New worksheet
- Various font & chart colours changed.