INNOVATION IN LIQUID PROPELLANT ROCKET TECHNOLOGY.

Abstract

The investigation identifies patterns of innovation in the technology of liquid propellant rocket engines (LPRE). Quantitative methods are used to gain an understanding of the innovative process based on large-sample statistics. Specifically, it seeks to determine the manner and extent in which LPRE technology innovation has evolved; the degree to which innovations have diffused; and the factors of the environment within which innovation has taken place. The two principal tools used are a modeling of the functional and structural characteristics of LPRE to permit quantitative identification of specific innovations, and a mapping process which traces innovative diffusion through specific communication channels. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669334

Entities

People

  • Roderick William Clarke

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Communication Channels
  • Diffusion
  • Energetic Materials
  • Engines
  • Environment
  • Identification
  • Liquid Propellant Rocket Engines
  • Liquid Propellants
  • Liquid Rocket Propellants
  • Materials
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Rockets

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Systems Analysis and Design