Energetic Materials and Techniques

Advances in Chemical Propulsion and Power Generation
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-3-527-35545-7
Verlag: Wiley-VCH GmbH

Buch, Englisch, 752 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm

Enables reader to develop efficient, powerful, and safe propulsion systems

Energetic Materials and Techniques explores cutting-edge developments in the area of energetic materials. I focuses on innovations in the materials themselves, as well as on advances in experimental techniques and computational approaches, 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, and covers the sensitivity of energetic materials and carbon-free energy carriers Environmental and safety concerns, as well as the latest developments in solid and hybrid rocket propulsion, are also covered. At the end of the text, readers will find advanced computational techniques for modeling and simulation in combustion.

Written by a team of highly qualified authors with significant experience in the field, Energetic Materials and Techniques addresses many high-interest topics, including the following:

- Neural networks’ role in development of a high-energy materials genome and problems and approaches for estimating the enthalpy of formation of energetic materials
- Combustion of silicon as a carbon-free energy carrier and theoretical developments in combustion of aluminum-based reactive materials
- Ammonium nitrate-based cocrystals as promising oxidizers for solid rocket propellants and preliminary particle size distribution measurements in a new installation that reduces inherent bias
- Surface accumulation layers in metallized solid fuel propulsion and hypergolic propellants based on hydrogen peroxide oxidizer
- Accelerated combustion simulations of hydrogen-air flames in the HYLON swirled injector in OpenFOAM

Energetic Materials and Techniques serves as an essential up-to-date reference on the subject for both researchers and industry professionals. It is also valuable for funding agencies seeking to support both near- and long-term research projects in high-energy materials and propulsion.

Autoren/Hrsg.

DeLuca, Luigi T.

Doherty, Ruth M.

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Brennstoffe, Kraftstoffe, Explosivstoffe
• Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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
 

Über Autor(innen)

Luigi T. DeLuca received his Ph.D. degree from Princeton University, USA, in 1976. In 1975 he founded the Space Propulsion Laboratory (SPLab), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, MI, Italy. In 2010 he was named Honorary Professor OmSTU (Omsk State Technical University), Omsk, Russia. In 2014 he was named Honorary Fellow of the High-Energy Materials Society of India (HEMSI), India. In 2015 Spring Semester he was named for the Brain Pool Program Korean Government and was Visiting Professor of Propulsion and Combustion at Konkuk University, Seoul, Korea. He worked as a Professor at the Space Propulsion Laboratory, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy until his retirement by law (maximum age) in 2014 with a two-year part-time extension. Dr. Luigi T. DeLuca has authored over 300 scientific publications. 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). In 1982 she embarked on a career with the Department of Defense and spent most of the next 33 years working at the Naval Surface Warfare Center in the field of energetic materials development and characterization, focusing on underwater explosives. She held program management and supervisory roles within NSWC, and also took on leadership roles in the Joint DoD/DOE Munitions Technology Program (1988 - 2008) and the NATO Energetic Materials Subgroup in the Ammunition Safety Group (US Principal Member, 2000-2008). From 2007 to 2012 she was the Program Executive Officer for Counter-IEDs in the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate. Dr. Doherty retired from federal service in 2015, but is still active in the community as a Senior Research Associate at the Energetics Technology Center, an Associate Editor of the journal Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics, and a member of the Scientific Committee for the annual Seminar on New Trends in Research of Energetic Materials. Her recent efforts have been conducted in collaboration with researchers from the University of Maryland and American University in the area of application of machine learning to energetic materials.