RESUMO

The First International Symposium on Special Topics in Chemical Propulsion was organized to review the state-of-the-art in the development of base bleed projectiles and its related research. It was conceived to fill the gap in the coverage of this new field of major technical and commercial interest. Although other meetings have included a few papers on base bleed, it has not previously been possible to devote any depth to this subject. Since base bleed projectiles have recently been seriously considered for production in several countries and will likely become standard ammunition in the armed forces of many nations in the next decade, the need for such meetings is apparent.
The symposium was held in Athens, Greece on November 23-25, 1988. A total of 22 papers were presented. Following the symposium each paper presented at the meeting, together with questions raised by the audience and replies prepared by authors, were sent out to three reviewers. The comments from reviewers and editors were incorporated into the final manuscripts by the authors for all accepted papers, which are now available online only in Volume 1, Issues 1-4 of International Journal of Energetic Materials and Chemical Propulsion.