In the second half of the 1980s, the Soviet Union had a strong and continuing research effort devoted to understanding the behavior of chemical propellants suitable to support development of advanced propellants for practical applications. Recent Soviet work concentrated on solid propellants, though liquid propellants powered the largest and most advanced deployed Soviet rockets. The assessment summarizes the Soviet state of the art in chemical propellants in the late 1980s and projects the trends of that period into the next decade. It is based on a broad and deep review of Soviet literature published in 1985-1991 and is presented in an unclassified report. The extent and quality of Soviet efforts in propellant-related areas vary widely. Significant work is reported on solid propellants, combustion, advanced ingredients, and plume modeling. Very little material is published on actual propellants or propellant behavior or on rocket motors, possibly for security reasons. Likewise, very little Soviet liquid propellant research is reported, but here the reason is probably the maturity of the technology involved.
Soviet Chemical Propellant Research and Development
1991
198 pages
Report
No indication
English
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