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The problem of ignition stability arises in the case of the action of intense external heat stimuli when, resulting from the cutoff of solid substance heating, momentary ignition (gas flash) is followed by extinction. A physical pattern of solid propellant ignition is considered in detail and ignition criteria available in the literature are discussed. It is shown that this problem amounts to a problem on transient burning at the given arbitrary temperature distribution in the condensed phase. A brief review of published data on experimental and theoretical studies on ignition stability is offered. The comparison between theory and experiment is shown to prove qualitatively the efficiency of the phenomenological approach in the theory. However, the methods of mathematical simulation, as well as those of experimental studying of ignition phenomenon, especially at high heat fluxes, need to be improved.
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Zarko, V.E. (1991). Stability of Ignition Transients of Reactive Solid Mixtures. In: Angelino, G., De Luca, L., Sirignano, W.A. (eds) Modern Research Topics in Aerospace Propulsion. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0945-4_6
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