Accelerated Aging Mechanism and Correlation of Hydroxyl-terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB)
Received:March 25, 2024  Revised:September 24, 2024
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DOI:10.7643/issn.1672-9242.2024.12.007
KeyWord:propellant materials  aging mechanisms  macroscopic property  microstructure  structure-function relationship  accelerated aging evaluation method
                          
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ZHAOZhixing Military Representative Bureau of Naval Equipment Department in Xi'an, Xi'an , China
HUOLiang Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
CHEN Jiaxing Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
WU Rui Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
WANG Qi Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
SHI Sen Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
LI Yajun Inner Mongolia Power Machinery Research Institute, Hohhot , China
ZENG Fanqi College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu , China
LYUYadong College of Polymer Science and Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu , China
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      The work aims to elucidate the high-temperature accelerated aging research and mechanistic analysis of Hydroxyl-Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB) propellant materials, and establish a linkage between microstructural alterations and macroscopic property variations. It systematically examined the microstructural transformations and macroscopic property variations in typical HTPB propellant materials subject to high-temperature aging. The emphasis was placed on investigating the molecular mechanisms and failure modes during accelerated aging, and deducing performance variations through the establishment of a correlation between microstructure and macroscopic properties. The findings suggested that the primary cause of macroscopic property variation over time was mainly attributed to microstructural damages, such as oxidation and cross-linking of the matrix as well as the interface damage, with oxidation cross-linking reactions observed not merely on the specimen's surface but also internally. Further investigation revealed a significant correlation between mechanical properties—tensile strength, elongation at break—and glass transition temperature (tg), the α-relaxation peak, and gel content. Oxidative damage in both the internal and surface regions of HTPB propellant materials, accompanied by filler-matrix interface damage during the high-temperature accelerated aging process, fundamentally results in the decline of mechanical properties.
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