Resin transfer molded rocket motor nozzle with adaptive geometry

    公开(公告)号:US11028803B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-08

    申请号:US16126225

    申请日:2018-09-10

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    IPC分类号: F02K9/86 F02K9/97 B29C70/44

    摘要: A rocket motor has a nozzle that is reconfigurable by erosion or ablation of the material around the throat of the nozzle. The nozzle throat has layers of materials with different erosion characteristics, with the erosion occurring so as to achieve the desired nozzle characteristics (configurations) during different parts of the fuel burn. The nozzle throat includes relatively-high-erosion material layers and relatively-low-erosion material layers, with some layers of the throat resisting erosion, while other of the layers erode or ablate relatively quickly. The relatively-low-erosion material layers may act as thermal barriers to fix the throat at relatively stable geometry for long periods of time, such as during most of the burn of different fuel segments, with the relatively-high-erosion material layers allowing rapid transition of the throat from one geometry to the next. The layers may be made by resin transfer molding (RTM).

    Additive manufactured combustible element with fuel and oxidizer

    公开(公告)号:US10093592B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-09

    申请号:US14729429

    申请日:2015-06-03

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    摘要: A combustible element includes regions of fuel material interspersed with regions of oxidizer material. The element may be made by additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing, with the fuel material regions and the oxidizer material regions placed in appropriate locations in layer of the combustible element. For example, different extruders may be used to extrude and deposit portions of a fuel filament and an oxidizer filament at different locations in each layer of the combustible element. The combustible element may define a combustion chamber within the element, where combustion occurs when the combustible element is ignited. The fuel material and the oxidizer material may be selected, and their relative amounts may be controlled, such that desired relative amounts of fuel and oxidizer are present for combustion with desired characteristics, such as combustion rate.

    ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
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    发明申请
    ROCKET MOTOR PRODUCED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING 审中-公开
    由添加剂制造生产的摇臂电机

    公开(公告)号:US20160356245A1

    公开(公告)日:2016-12-08

    申请号:US14729390

    申请日:2015-06-03

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    IPC分类号: F02K9/95

    CPC分类号: F02K9/95 F02K9/72 F02K9/76

    摘要: A nozzleless hybrid rocket motor includes a fuel element that defines a combustion chamber therewithin, in which combustion of the fuel and an oxidizer occurs. The combustion gases produced by the combustion between the fuel and the oxidizer transition to supersonic flow before leaving the fuel element, eliminating the need for a separate nozzle. The fuel element may be a part of a structural element of a vehicle, for example being a part of a fuselage, wing, fairing, or other part of a space vehicle or an air vehicle, with the fuel element an integral and continuous part of the structural element. Combustion of part of the fuel element may allow vehicle structure to be used to provide thrust, such as for maneuver, consuming part of the structure. The fuel element may be made by an additive manufacturing process.

    摘要翻译: 无喷嘴混合火箭发动机包括在其中限定燃烧室的燃料元件,其中发生燃料和氧化剂的燃烧。 由燃料和氧化剂之间的燃烧产生的燃烧气体在离开燃料元件之前转变为超音速流动,消除了对单独喷嘴的需要。 燃料元件可以是车辆的结构元件的一部分,例如是机身,机翼,整流罩或空间飞行器或空中交通工具的其他部分的一部分,其中燃料元件是整体和连续的部分 结构元素。 燃料元件的一部分的燃烧可以允许车辆结构用于提供推力,例如用于操纵,消耗部分结构。 燃料元件可以通过添加剂制造工艺制成。

    RESIN TRANSFER MOLDED ROCKET MOTOR NOZZLE WITH ADAPTIVE GEOMETRY

    公开(公告)号:US20200080518A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-12

    申请号:US16126225

    申请日:2018-09-10

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    IPC分类号: F02K9/97 F02K9/86

    摘要: A rocket motor has a nozzle that is reconfigurable by erosion or ablation of the material around the throat of the nozzle. The nozzle throat has layers of materials with different erosion characteristics, with the erosion occurring so as to achieve the desired nozzle characteristics (configurations) during different parts of the fuel burn. The nozzle throat includes relatively-high-erosion material layers and relatively-low-erosion material layers, with some layers of the throat resisting erosion, while other of the layers erode or ablate relatively quickly. The relatively-low-erosion material layers may act as thermal barriers to fix the throat at relatively stable geometry for long periods of time, such as during most of the burn of different fuel segments, with the relatively-high-erosion material layers allowing rapid transition of the throat from one geometry to the next. The layers may be made by resin transfer molding (RTM).

    ADDITIVE MANUFACTURED COMBUSTIBLE ELEMENT WITH FUEL AND OXIDIZER

    公开(公告)号:US20190002362A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-03

    申请号:US16125871

    申请日:2018-09-10

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    摘要: A combustible element includes regions of fuel material interspersed with regions of oxidizer material. The element may be made by additive manufacturing processes, such as three-dimensional printing, with the fuel material regions and the oxidizer material regions placed in appropriate locations in layer of the combustible element. For example, different extruders may be used to extrude and deposit portions of a fuel filament and an oxidizer filament at different locations in each layer of the combustible element. The combustible element may define a combustion chamber within the element, where combustion occurs when the combustible element is ignited. The fuel material and the oxidizer material may be selected, and their relative amounts may be controlled, such that desired relative amounts of fuel and oxidizer are present for combustion with desired characteristics, such as combustion rate.

    Electrode ignition and control of electrically operated propellants

    公开(公告)号:US10145337B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-04

    申请号:US15197421

    申请日:2016-06-29

    申请人: Raytheon Company

    摘要: Electrical ignition of electrically operated propellant in a gas generation system provides an ignition condition at an ignition surface between a pair of electrodes that satisfies three criteria of a current density J that exhibits a decreasing gradient along an axis normal to an ignition surface, is substantially constant across the ignition surface and exceeds an ignition threshold at the ignition surface. These criteria may be satisfied by one or more of an angled electrode configuration, a segmented electrode configuration or an additive to the electrically operated propellant that modifies its conductivity. These configurations improve burn rate control and consumption of the available propellant and are scalable to greater propellant mass to support larger gas generation systems.