A VARIABLE-THRUST SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE WITH LOCAL COMBUSTION BOOSTING

Authors
PETRENKO VI POPOV VL
Citation
Vi. Petrenko et Vl. Popov, A VARIABLE-THRUST SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE WITH LOCAL COMBUSTION BOOSTING, Combustion, explosion, and shock waves, 32(3), 1996, pp. 327-330
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering,Thermodynamics
Journal title
Combustion, explosion, and shock waves → ACNP
ISSN journal
00105082
Volume
32
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
327 - 330
Database
ISI
SICI code
0010-5082(1996)32:3<327:AVSREW>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A variable-thrust solid-propellant rocket engine (SPRE) with local com bustion boosting by a catalytic grating (heat knife) was designed and the basic principles of operation were substantiated. A judicious heat -knife design was chosen, which ensured acceptable steady-state and dy namic characteristics of the SPRE. The engine was studied experimental ly. The realizability and satisfactory performance of the variable-thr ust SPRE with a heat knife on a composite non-metallized propellant we re confirmed.