Testing of the Failure of the Solid Rocket Propellant with Tomography Methods

Krzysztof Tomkiewicz1, Andrzej Plaskowski2, Maurice S. Beck3, Malcolm Byars4

1 The Department of Armament and Aviation, Military University of Technology, ul. Kaliskiego 2, 01-489 Warszawa, Poland, ktomk@wul.wat.waw.pl

2 Industrial Institute of the Organic Chemistry,

ul. Annopol 6, 03-236 Warszawa, Poland, aplaskow@polbox.com

3 The Department of Electrical Enginereeng and Electronics, UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD, United Kingdom, beck@fs5.ee.umist.ac.uk

4 Process Tomography Ltd, 86 Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5BB, United Kingdom

Abstract - Paper presents a proposition of Non Destructive Testing (NDT) of the rocket engine powder rod. It presents actual state of the research and perspectives of its continuation. It suggests new method of differential tomography.

Keywords: non-destructive testing, capacitance tomography, two ? modal tomography, differential tomography