Rocket Motor With Desensitizer Injector

Abstract

A rocket motor having a desensitizing mechanism for preventing explosion or energetic burning during slow cook-off is provided. The rocket motor includes a case contained rocket propellant with a desensitizing assembly attached forward of the propellant charge. The desensitizing assembly is formed with an enclosure containing a desensitizing fluid, connected to the interior of the rocket motor by a tube which is sealed by a heat activated plug. The heat activated plug melts at a temperature below the slow cook-off temperature of the rocket propellant. The melting of the plug allows the desensitizing fluid to be injected into the core of the propellant thereby desensitizing the propellant.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 04, 2000
Accession Number
ADD019609

Entities

People

  • John F. Kunstmann

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Assembly
  • Combustion
  • Energetic Materials
  • Fuels
  • High Temperature
  • Inventions
  • Materials
  • Melting
  • Melting Point
  • Patents
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Rocket Fuels
  • Rocket Propellants
  • Solid Fuels
  • Solid Rocket Fuels
  • Vapor Pressure

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Rocket Propulsion.