Accession Number:

ADD002266

Title:

Method and Apparatus for Reducing Smoke at Launch of High Performance Rockets.

Descriptive Note:

Patent Application,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON D C

Personal Author(s):

• Barsell,Birger E.
• Worcester,Francis J.

Report Date:

1975-08-14

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

The patent application relates to a method whereby the exhaust signature of high performance rockets is reduced by including in a solid propellant rocket motor a substantially smokeless, double-base propellant and a smoky, high-energy, composite propellant, both simultaneously ignited during missile launch.

Descriptors:

• *Solid propellant rocket engines
• *Smokeless propellants
• *Rocket exhaust
• Double base rocket propellants
• Composite propellants
• Smoke
• Exhaust plumes
• Signatures
• Patents

Subject Categories:

• Combustion and Ignition
• Solid Propellant Rocket Engines
• Solid Rocket Propellants

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE