Method and Apparatus for Reducing Smoke at Launch of High Performance Rockets.

Abstract

The patent application relates to a method whereby the exhaust signature of high performance rockets is reduced by including in a solid propellant rocket motor a substantially smokeless, double-base propellant and a smoky, high-energy, composite propellant, both simultaneously ignited during missile launch.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 14, 1975
Accession Number
ADD002266

Entities

People

  • Birger E. Barsell
  • Francis J. Worcester

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Composite Materials
  • Composite Propellants
  • Double Base Propellants
  • Energetic Materials
  • Energy
  • High Energy
  • Materials
  • Patent Applications
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rockets
  • Solid Propellants

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Rocket Propulsion.