NATO AOP-57

Abstract

<strong>INTRODUCTION</strong> <br>1. The information and data reported in this Allied Ordnance Publication (AOP) was derived from a NATO Research and Technology (RTO), Advanced Vehicle Technology (AVT), Task Group (TG) 016 that was active from October 1997 to August 2001. A complete report of results from this Task Group's efforts is presented in Reference 1. <br>2. The focus of this AOP is small motor tests employed to determine the burning rate of solid rocket propellants. A survey is presented for test hardware used in eight NATO nations and twenty-two laboratories within those nations. <br>3. The AOP does not present a standardized design for a motor to measure solid rocket propellant burning rate. It does, however, give a recommendation for a motor configuration based on its survey. <br>4. Analysis of data from the small motor test to determine burning rate is the subject of AOP-58, "Methods for Analyzing Data from Tests Designed to Measure the Burning Rate of Solid Rocket Propellants' (Reference 2). <br>5. New non-intrusive instrumentation that might be used in small motor test to determine the burning rate characteristics of a solid rocket propellant is the subject of AOP-59, "Non-Intrusive methods for Measuring the Burning Rate if Solid Rocket Propellants" (Reference 3).