RT Journal Article ID 71c19c6b211ad52a A1 Lipkin, Joel A1 Shaddix, Christopher A1 Allendorf, Sarah A1 Peabody, Raymond A1 Velsko, Carol A1 Watkins, Bruce A1 Williams, Sam A1 Moeller, Albert A1 Bellow, William A1 Carson, John A1 Gray, Walter A1 Stephens, John R. A1 Kwak, Solim T1 CONTAINED LOW PRESSURE COMBUSTION OF NIKE AND IMPROVED HAWK ROCKET MOTORS: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES AND EMISSIONS MEASUREMENTS JF International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion JO IJEMCP YR 2002 FD 2002-01-01 VO 5 IS 1-6 SP 40 OP 49 K1 contained burn; crack and burn; effluents; grab samples; gas and aerosol monitoring; pressure and temperature transients AB Results obtained from three rocket motor propellant burn tests conducted in a large, sealed, underground cavern are described. These tests made use of a runnel complex at the U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site, Mercury, NV, USA. The NIKE rocket motor containing double base propellant was used in two tests (two and four motors, respectively), and a third test used two Improved HAWK rocket motors containing composite propellant. In each test, relatively small quantities of explosive were used to initiate non-propulsive propellant bums that lasted approximately 20 seconds. An extensive suite of both time-resolved and time-averaged data was collected for several hours after each test. These data include pressure and temperature transients in the test chamber as well as concentrations and compositions of the gas species and aerosols generated by the combustion process. PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/17bbb47e377ce023,76f8e14974df93a8,71c19c6b211ad52a.html