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The 2-volume book explores cutting-edge energetic materials and techniques, focusing on innovations such as the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance material properties and performance. It delves into the combustion of micro- and nano-sized metals, which hold promise for improving the efficiency and power of propulsion systems. It also covers the sensitivity of energetic materials and carbon-free energy carriers, addressing environmental and safety concerns. Moreover, it discusses the latest developments in solid and hybrid rocket propulsion. Advanced computational techniques for modeling and simulation in combustion are summarized at the end.
List of contents
Volume 1
PART 1: NOVEL AND FUTURE ENERGETIC MATERIALS
Chapter 1 Application of AI and ML to Novel Energetic Materials
Chapter 2 Smart Energetic Materials: Concepts, Principles, and Verifications
Chapter 3 Neural networks in development of High-Energy Materials Genome
Chapter 4 Problems and Approaches for Estimating the Enthalpy of Formation of Energetic Materials
PART 2: ENERGETIC MATERIALS FOR CHEMICAL PROPULSION AND POWER GENERATION
Chapter 5 Investigation on the combustion of silicon as a carbon-free energy carrier
Chapter 6 Combustion of aluminum-based reactive materials: an overview of theoretical developments
Chapter 7 Stepwise Decomposition and Synergistic Oxidation Coupling in the Combustion Process of Magnesium Diboride Particles
Chapter 8 Advances and Applications of Functionalized Graphene in Metal Fuel Combustion: A Review
PART 3: SENSITIVITY OF ENERGETIC MATERIALS
Chapter 9 Research Progress on the Physicochemical Mechanisms of Mechanical Sensitivity of Nitramine Crystals
Chapter 10 Insights into the Impact Sensitivity of Cyclic Nitramines
Chapter 11 Physics-Aware Deep Learning Methods for Modeling Spatiotemporal Dynamics in Energetic Materials
Volume 2
PART 4: SOLID ROCKET PROPULSION
Chapter 12 Metal oxides catalysis of AN/AP modern solid propellants
Chapter 13 Novel graphene-based and g-C3N4-based combustion catalysts for solid propellants
Chapter 14 Ammonium nitrate-based cocrystals: Promising oxidizers for solid rocket propellants
Chapter 15 On the preliminary particle size distribution measurements in a new installation that reduces inherent bias
Chapter 16 Opportunities and challenges of a new UV-based 3D printing technique for composite solid propellants
Chapter 17 A Model on Burn Rate Scaling for Solid Rocket Motor Performance Prediction
PART 5: HYBRID ROCKET PROPULSION
Chapter 18 Metal-Organic Hybrid Hypergolic Materials
Chapter 19 Paraffin-based Fuels for Hybrid Propulsion: Metal Additives vs. 3D-Printed Cellular Structures for Regression Rate Enhancement
Chapter 20 Surface Accumulation Layers in Metallized Solid Fuel Propulsion
Chapter 21 Hypergolic Propellants Based on Hydrogen Peroxide Oxidizer
PART 5: MODERN COMPUTATIONAL TECHNIQUES
Chapter 22 A Numerical Study of Combustion Characteristics of a HTPB-based Propellant under Rotational Sweep Flow
Chapter 23 Accelerated Combustion Simulations of Hydrogen-Air Flames in the Hylon Swirled Injector in OpenFOAM
Index
About the author
Luigi T. DeLuca received his Ph.D. from Princeton University, USA, in 1976. He is currently a Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing, China.
Ruth M. Doherty received her degrees in Chemistry at the University of Maryland (M.S in Organic Chemistry; Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry). After a long career in federal service, she is now a Senior Research Associate at the Energetics Technology Center.
Summary
The 2-volume book explores cutting-edge energetic materials and techniques, focusing on innovations such as the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance material properties and performance. It delves into the combustion of micro- and nano-sized metals, which hold promise for improving the efficiency and power of propulsion systems. It also covers the sensitivity of energetic materials and carbon-free energy carriers, addressing environmental and safety concerns. Moreover, it discusses the latest developments in solid and hybrid rocket propulsion. Advanced computational techniques for modeling and simulation in combustion are summarized at the end.
