Hydrogen peroxide – A promising oxidizer for rocket propulsion and its application in solid rocket propellants
March 2022
This paper discusses the potential use of hydrogen peroxide as oxidizer for solid rocket propulsion. While hydrogen peroxide is a liquid in normal conditions, it may be used in solid rocket motor grains....
Hybrid rocket propulsion technology for space transportation revisited - propellant solutions and challenges
December 2021
This paper presents the status of developments worldwide regarding use of hybrid rocket motors for space transportation. Historical roots are presented and reasons for revisiting hybrid technology after...
Review on the regression rate-improvement techniques and mechanical performance of hybrid rocket fuels
December 2021
Human spaceflight, space tourism, and the launch of microsatellites are all expected to grow in the future. In fact, with the recent increase of the satellite market, almost 1000 smallsats per year...
Survey of burning rate measurements in small solid rocket motors
June 2024
Burning rate plays a crucial role in determining the performance of solid rocket motors (SRMs). In the traditional approach for solid propellant propulsion, technical activities regarding burning rates...
A short review of challenges and prospects of boron-laden solid fuels for ramjet applications
September 2023
This short review article explores the advancement, challenges, and prospects of boron-laden solid fuel for ramjet. The energetic aspect of boron combustion is well known, but the complications associated...
Data engineering for AI applications in energetic materials
Available online 27 November 2025
•Addressing challenges in energetic materials data availability.•Exploring domain-specific LLMs and robotic chemists for data acquisition.•Enhancing data annotation and validation through human-AI ...
MMH/NTO liquid microthrusters for space propulsion: Progress, challenges, and emerging research directions
Available online 8 October 2025
Monomethylhydrazine (MMH) and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) are widely utilized hypergolic bipropellants in spacecraft propulsion systems due to their reliable ignition characteristics, high specific impulse...
3D printed different polymer fuel grains for hybrid rocket engine
June 2024
The advent of various additive manufacturing technologies, such as 3D printing, has changed the structural design and preparation process of rocket fuels. In order to investigate the combustion properties...
JWL equation of state parameters for ideal detonation: A comparative study of literature reports, theoretical derivation, and artificial neural network prediction
February 2026
The Jones-Wilkins-Lee (JWL) equation of state (EOS) is widely used for interpreting the energy release during explosive detonation. Focused on the ideal detonation of high explosives, an artificial...
Experimental investigation of the axial oxidizer injectors geometry on a 1-kN paraffin-fueled hybrid rocket motor
December 2021
The showerhead is the most common type of injector used in hybrid rocket motors due to its design and manufacture simplicity. The main drawback of the showerheads (SH) is the relatively low performance...
The modified Kamlet and Jacobs approach for rapidly predicting the equation of state and Chapman–Jouguet point of high explosives
Available online 12 December 2025
We propose here the modified Kamlet and Jacobs equation, RoseModKJ (Reparametrization of the slope for expansion adiabats), to predict the pressure at different relative volumes across the expansion...
A mathematical model for estimating the Gurney velocity of chemical high explosives
December 2023
The Gurney velocity is an important performance parameter that characterizes the metal pushing capability of conventional chemical explosives. Herein, this study proposes a mathematical model that aims...
NTB – a Green Energetic Molecule with Extreme Performance
Available online 5 January 2026
•NTB (bis[2,2-dinitro-2-(5-nitrotetrazol-2-yl)ethyl]nitramide) emerges as a green energetic compound capable of theoretically surpassing the 10,000 m/s detonation velocity threshold, reaching an estimated...
A review on solid propellant micro-thruster array based on MEMS technology
June 2024
With the development of micro-spacecraft technology, micro-nano satellites have the advantages of small size, low power consumption, short development cycle, formation networking, etc., and can complete...
Boron-loaded gel fuel as potential fuel for ramjet and scramjet engines- recent advancements
September 2024
Boron, a high-energy metalloid has been recognized as a potential secondary energy source for liquid hydrocarbon fuel to power volume-limited propulsion devices such as ramjet and scramjet. The higher...
Recent synthetic efforts towards high energy density materials: How to design high-performance energetic structures?
June 2022
Energetic material is a very essential company of compounds, widely used in various fields, primarily in the military industry and space technologies. These compounds are unique in that they are capable...
Development of high burn rate propellant and testing in miniature rocket motor for control applications
June 2024
For aerospace vehicles, notably missiles or satellites for attitude and divert control, impulsive thrusters are most desirable if they are quantized as exact instantaneous pulses available over and...
Properties of high-energy propellants based on oxygen-enriched thermoplastic elastomer binders
October 2025
Composite propellants are widely used in applications ranging from gas generators and small rockets to large rocket systems in space programs. This study presents a novel thermoplastic elastomer (TPE)...
Unleashing the power of deep learning: A novel approach for defect detection in solid rocket motor
February 2026
High-Energy Materials (HEMs), particularly those integral to solid rocket motors are linchpins of mission success and safety. Detecting defects within a solid rocket motor is challenging but crucial...
Research progress on a novel molecular perovskites energetic material DAP-4: Fundamental properties, catalytic thermal decomposition, combustion, desensitization and applications
Available online 21 November 2025
Molecular perovskite energetic crystals have attracted increasing attention in recent years. Ternary structure optimized the oxygen balance in the design of energetic materials, increase charge efficiency...
Micro-explosion and recycling of an iron-ethanol-kerosene slurry fuel
Available online 5 January 2026
•Kerosene coating delays Fe oxidation by up to ∼95 °C.•5 wt % ethanol triples burn rate, halves combustion time.•Micro-explosions peak at ∼19,707 s⁻¹ in 10 µm slurries.•Closed loop: burn → H₂ reduce...
Synthesis of a new energetic material with high density and detonation performance based on pyrazole–triazole backbones
Available online 19 December 2025
In this work, a relatively mild nitration method inducing the cleavage of the acetic acid group on the triazole ring was employed to synthesize a series of pyrazole–triazole based energetic compounds,...
Thermal properties and detonation parameters of modified low-sensitive explosive composition
Available online 27 November 2025
•A novel low-sensitive explosive composition (LSX) has been synthesized.•LSX exhibited eutectic behavior and released more energy during its decomposition.•LSX has lower sensitivity to different stimuli...
Towards to some published misconceptions about TNT and ɛ-CL20
March 2025
•High impact sensitivity of TNT of 14 - 16 J is due to the air microbubbles in it•Internal porosity & cracks in ɛ-CL20 crystal cause high sensitivity of 2 - 4.4 J•These values were dominated in literature...