Controllable digital solid state cluster thrusters for rocket propulsion and gas generation

• Main Author: SAWKA WAYNE N
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 14.06.2011
• Subjects: BLASTING; CHEMISTRY; COMBUSTION ENGINES; EXPLOSIVES; EXPLOSIVES OR THERMIC COMPOSITIONS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS; JET-PROPULSION PLANTS; LIGHTING; MANUFACTURE THEREOF; MATCHES; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; METALLURGY; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS EXPLOSIVES; WEAPONS

A thruster stack assembly and method for manufacturing the same is provided. The thruster stack assembly includes a plurality of grain elements having a common core region (e.g., a channel or passageway), where each grain element comprises a volume of electrically ignitable propellant. The thruster...