摘要:
A method for simplifying the fabrication of flexible bearings and reducing the production costs thereof includes preparing reinforcement material for the laminate in the form of a continuous helical arrangement, placing a first end ring in the bottom of a mold with a laminate engaging surface facing upwards, placing the continuous helical arrangement of reinforcement material on the laminate engaging surface of the first end ring, with layers of elastomeric material alternating with layers of reinforcement material, to form a laminate, placing a second end ring in the mold with a laminate engaging surface thereof in engagement with the laminate, coaxially therewith and with the first end ring, and debulking and curing the assembly.
摘要:
A high acceleration high performance solid rocket motor grain such as for a ballistic defense missile or rocket assisted projectile comprises a propellant material which includes a highly plasticized binder so that the grain has a solids ratio equal to at least about 95 percent. In order that the grain with such a solids ratio may have adequate strength and withstand high acceleration forces, a reticulated structure is embedded therein. A method of constructing a rocket motor having such a grain is also disclosed.
摘要:
A solid propellant rocket motor casing fabricated from strong filament in a matrix of curable polymer known in the trade as a composite motor casing is protected against permeation therethrough over long periods of time of water vapor from the atmosphere by a thin, lightweight, metal foil barrier comprising a metal foil adhesively backed tape such as aluminum foil tape spirally wrapped over the cylindrical or regular surface areas and by a separate, lightweight, metallic shell or dome having a thickness of 0.005 to 0.008 inches adhesively bonded onto the dome ends of the composite material cased solid propellant rocket motor, each metallic shell or dome being made by the use of a plastic or other destructible mold which is first coated with metal by an ion-vapor deposition process to a thickness of less than 0.005 inches, the thickness of the coating being subsequently increased by an electro-chemical coating process after which the mold is separated from the metal shell which then is adhesively bonded to the loaded rocket motor composite casing.
摘要:
A radiation gathering reflector and a method of making a radiation gathering reflector. Resin impregnated fibrous material is wound onto a mandrel which has a pair of opposing surfaces of revolution each of which has a shape corresponding to a predetermined shape of the inner reflector surface, and the resin is allowed to polymerize to form a composite which includes two integrally connected structural support members. An equatorial cut is formed in the composite to separate the support members from each other and from the mandrel. Then, a reflective surface is formed on the inner surface of at least one of the separated support members for gathering radiation. Alternatively, the reflective surface is formed on the surface of the mandrel and the resin impregnated fibrous material is wound onto the reflective surface and allowed to polymerize to form the composite. The forming of the radiation gathering reflector by a polar winding process such that a greater mass of material is located at the center portion is preferred to provide increased structural support at the center portion for attachment of radiation absorbing components so that the support member may have a thin edge portion and therefore require less material, be inexpensive, and be of lighter weight. Such a radiation gathering reflector also preferably includes a plurality of strengthening ribs which extend between the center portion and the edge portion and which cross each other in diamond-shaped configurations to provide increased strength and stiffness to the reflector support member.
摘要:
Extrusion lubricants for poly (vinyl halide) resins are provided which comprise a mixture of:(a) hydrocarbon wax; and(b) Group II metal or lead salt of a fatty acid in relative amounts sufficient to produce a composition having a viscosity in excess of about 10,000 cps at 125.degree. C.; and(c) an organic mercaptan capable of reducing the viscosity of said mixture in an amount at least sufficient to reduce the viscosity of said mixture below about 10,000 cps at 125.degree. C.
摘要:
A tactical pulsed missile with a movable nozzle for thrust vector control and movable aerofins to provide greater maneuverability and flexibility. The first pulse is fired at launch and the later pulses are fired as needed whereby steerage may be provided by thrust vector control during the firing of the pulses. When none of the pulses are firing, steerage may be provided by the movable aerofins. The missile is provided with separate small electromechanical actuators for each of the aerofins and each of the movable nozzle axes which are preferably placed closely adjacent the respective aerofins and nozzle so that the weight and space of various linkages may be eliminated. The motors are provided with a source of high voltage so that their size may be reduced whereby they burn up when the high voltage is applied for a short period of time but not before their task has been achieved. The fin span is reduced to less than about four inches to enable the packaging of a greater number of such tactical missiles in the payload bay of an airplane. A flexible bearing may be provided between the nozzle and nozzle housing. An elastomeric material may be provided between and bonded to the nozzle and nozzle housing to prevent the ingestion of exhaust and debris into the space therebetween.
摘要:
An improved high yield process and apparatus for producing sodium hydrosulfite by reacting sodium borohydride, sulfur dioxide, sodium hydroxide and sodium bisulfite is disclosed. A continuously recirculating split process stream may be used along with control of pH, temperatures, and concentration parameters to obtain sodium hydrosulfite yields in excess of 85%.
摘要:
A method of and apparatus for casting uncured solid propellant in solid propellant rocket motors includes a casting bayonet having annular slits formed in the exit end thereof that improve the fluidity and self-leveling behavior of the uncured propellant. Both of these effects eliminate or reduce the trapping of air in the cast propellant, thus providing a better product.
摘要:
The invention is concerned with reducing the effect of a progressive surface area versus web thickness relationship in a rocket motor and is particularly useful with center perforate propellant grains where the chamber pressure versus time history is generally progressive. In a very short action time rocket motor, it is desirable to keep the chamber pressure as close as practical to the peak during the entire burn to increase the propellant burn rate. The multiple-stage throat makes this possible in a motor that uses the cost effective center perforate propellant grain design and operates by allowing a first stage throat to erode at a predictable rate while the area of the propellant burning surface is increasing. The motor initial Kn (propellant surface area divided by nozzle area) is raised by using a relatively small initial size for the first stage throat and as a result the rocket motor reaches peak chamber pressure quickly. With the erosion of the first stage matching the increasing propellant surface area the chamber pressure remains nearly constant. Near the end of the burn the first stage throat erodes out to the diameter of a non-eroding second stage throat which then becomes the controlling throat.