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US 2018/0112627 A1Published application
Solid rocket motor with vortex inducing feature
AssigneeAerojet Rocketdyne, Inc.
InventorSamuel Steven Schlueter
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Abstract
A solid rocket motor includes a propellant grain structure defining an axial bore and a vortex inducing feature.
Claims16
A solid rocket motor comprising:
- a propellant grain structure defining an axial bore;
- and
- a vortex inducing feature.
A method comprising:
- burning a propellant grain structure in a solid rocket motor, the propellant grain structure defines an axial bore for flow of combustion materials;
- and
- generating a vortex flow of the combustion materials in the axial bore using at least one vortex inducing feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.