Propellants and Explosives

Prof. Kubota works as scientific advisor at the National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (Tsukuba, Japan). In 1973 he received his Doctorate from Princeton University, majoring in "Solid Propellant Combustion" and "Rocket Propulsion including Ducted Rocket Engine". During his career he was Director of the Third Research Center of the Technical Research and Development Institute (TRDI, Japan Defense Agency), which is responsible for aircraft and missile research. Afterwards, Prof. Kubota held a position as Senior Research Scientist in the Propellant Combustion Laboratory at Asahi Kasei Chemicals (Japan).

1. Foundations of Pyrodynamics
2. Thermochemistry of Combustion
3. Combustion Wave Propagation
4. Energetics of Propellants and Explosives
5. Combustion of Crystalline and Polymeric Materials
6. Combustion of Double-Base Propellants
7. Combustion of Composite Propellants
8. Combustion of CMDB Propellants
9. Combustion of Explosives
10. Formation of Energetic Pyrolants
11. Combustion Propagation of Pyrolants
12. Emission from Combustion Products
13. Transient Combustion of Propellants and Explosives
14. Rocket Thrust Modulation
15. Ducted Rocket Propulsion
Appendix A: List of Abbreviation of Energetic Materials
Appendix B: Mass and Heat Transfer in a Combustion Wave
Appendix C: Shock Wave Propagation in a Two-Dimensional Flow Field
Appendix D: Supersonic Air-Intake
Appendix E: Measurement of Burning Rate and Combustion Wave Structure
Index