POSITIVE EXPULSION EXPERIENCE AT THE U.S. NAVAL ORDNANCE TEST STATION

Abstract

A large amount of piston and metal bladder work was performed during the development of a variable-thrust sustainer for the Army Missile A feasibility program. The propellant expulsion device in this case was required to operate under conditions of a high spin rate, high boost acceleration, and zero sustain acceleration. A successful flight test program verified the design techniques developed for this system. Other studies have included a 54-in.-diameter torus of 6-in. cross-section used to expel Freon in a thrust vector control application, and 12.5-in.-diameter piston tanks for gel propellant expulsion. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0359999

Entities

People

  • Ronald F. Dettling

Organizations

  • Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Diameters
  • Expulsion
  • Munitions
  • Physical Properties
  • Positive Expulsion
  • Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.