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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1992
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1990
Raymond Coleno, Saint Aubin de Medoc, FR;
Serge Naibo, Bordeaux Cauderan, FR;
Jacques Raynaud, Savigny Sur Orge, FR;
Jean Darmois, Bourg La Reine, FR;
Societe Nationale des Poudres et Explosifs, Paris, FR;
Aerospatiale (Societe Industrielle Aerospatiale), Paris, FR;
Abstract
A propulsion unit for the acceleration of a self-propelled vehicle, such as a missile or a rocket, is loaded with a propellant block secured laterally to the body of the propulsion unit by means of a combustion inhibitor and has an aspect ratio of between 2.5 and 6. The propellant block has one axial duct and at least 6 peripheral ducts and, on its upstream face, is equipped with a fitting secured to the body of the propulsion unit. This fitting provides a free space between the upstream face of the propellant block and the bottom of the body of the propulsion unit, the axial duct and the peripheral ducts opening into this free space via orifices made in the fitting. The combustion gases are ejected rearward without being fed through a nozzle. Sonic velocity is achieved downstream of the ducts.