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SUPPORTED HIGH-SURFACE-AREA PROPELLANT CHARGES FOR HIGH-ACCELERATION ROCKETS

  • US 3,807,171 A
  • Filed: 04/27/1972
  • Issued: 04/30/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A rocket motor comprising a motor case that has a chamber therein, said motor case having an end wall at a forward end of said motor case and an open end opposite said end wall;

  • a solid support structure mounted in said motor case by being secured at said end wall to said motor case, said support structure extending the full length of said motor case, said support structure having a plurality of radiating fins that are integral with, uniformly spaced about the support structure, and extend the full length of the support structure; and

    a substantially uniform thickness layer of propellant on the outer surfaces of said fins and the exposed surfaces on said support structure between said fins to provide a continuous and uninterrupted propellant layer that is structurally supported and has a highsurface-area.

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