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providing suborbital launch services for payloads of others; transportation of payloads into suborbital space for third parties; Providing suborbital launch, integration, and delivery services for payloads of others”
A fuel grain for a rocket, the fuel grain having a plurality of layers of fuel grain material, each layer comprising a plurality of concentric circular structures of different diameter fused together to form a central opening therein, wherein the fuel grain material comprises an ignitable substance. The plurality of layers are stacked and joined securely to form a cylindrical fuel grain with the central opening of each one of the plurality of layers aligned to form a combustion unit extending axially through the fuel grain and bounded by a combustion surface, and wherein the fuel grain is configured to permit mixing of heterogenous materials to enhance thrust performance.
F02K 9/10 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges
B64G 1/40 - Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
F02K 9/18 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges of the internal-burning type having a star or like shaped internal cavity
F02K 9/24 - Charging rocket engines with solid propellantsMethods or apparatus specially adapted for working solid propellant charges
F02K 9/28 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using solid propellants having two or more propellant charges with the propulsion gases exhausting through a common nozzle
F02K 9/72 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using liquid and solid propellants, i.e. hybrid rocket-engine plants
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Additively manufactured rocket fuel grains and competitive simulation of the same
A method of making a fuel grain for use in a rocket motor, the method comprising blending a first energetic nanoscale metallic compound and a second compound suitable to form a feedstock material for use in an additive manufacturing apparatus, the additive manufacturing apparatus operatively connected to a computing system, that provides additive manufacturing printing instructions to the additive manufacturing apparatus, permitting construction of an autonomously designed and optimized rocket fuel grain section; wherein the stochastic deposition simulation-assisted fuel grain geometries further comprise a plurality of agglutinated layers of solidified fuel grain compound, each layer of the plurality of layers comprising a plurality of blended and radially displaced beads of different radii, said radial displacement optionally optimized via competitive simulation programs, and wherein the system continuously mixes constituent materials in an inline/static mixer, with viscosity controlled via particle size variations, and material is deposited in a controlled atmosphere or vacuum.
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
F02K 9/10 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges
F02K 9/18 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges of the internal-burning type having a star or like shaped internal cavity
F02K 9/72 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using liquid and solid propellants, i.e. hybrid rocket-engine plants
B29K 55/02 - ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers
B29L 31/20 - Fuel-blocks, e.g. nuclear fuel elements
6.
Modulating internal ballistics in a 3D-printed rocket motor and an additive manufacturing process
A method of making a multi-grained fuel grain for a rocket is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of using at least one nozzle to extrude a first propellant in an additive manufacturing process, the first propellant comprising a multi-grained fuel grain, the multi-grained fuel grain forming the at least one void, the at least one void facilitating variation in internal ballistics, forming sensors, said sensors permitting continuous monitoring and continuous modification such that a user controls the ballistics profile of a rocket motor, forming an electrically-controlled second propellant in contact with and operatively coupled to the sensors; and wherein the additive manufacturing process uses at least at least one nozzle to extrude raw materials.
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
B33Y 80/00 - Products made by additive manufacturing
B64G 1/40 - Arrangements or adaptations of propulsion systems
F02K 9/10 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges
F02K 9/18 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges of the internal-burning type having a star or like shaped internal cavity
F02K 9/28 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using solid propellants having two or more propellant charges with the propulsion gases exhausting through a common nozzle
F02K 9/72 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using liquid and solid propellants, i.e. hybrid rocket-engine plants
B29K 55/02 - ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers
B29L 31/20 - Fuel-blocks, e.g. nuclear fuel elements
7.
Additively manufactured rocket fuel grains and competitive simulation of the same
A method of making a fuel grain for use in a rocket motor, the method comprising blending a first energetic nanoscale metallic compound and a second compound suitable to form a feedstock material for use in an additive manufacturing apparatus, the additive manufacturing apparatus operatively connected to a computing system, that provides additive manufacturing printing instructions to the additive manufacturing apparatus, permitting construction of an autonomously designed and optimized rocket fuel grain section; wherein the stochastic deposition simulation-assisted fuel grain geometries further comprise a plurality of agglutinated layers of solidified fuel grain compound, each layer of the plurality of layers comprising a plurality of blended and radially displaced beads of different radii, said radial displacement optionally optimized via competitive simulation programs, and wherein the system continuously mixes constituent materials in an inline/static mixer, with viscosity controlled via particle size variations, and material is deposited in a controlled atmosphere or vacuum.
B33Y 70/10 - Composites of different types of material, e.g. mixtures of ceramics and polymers or mixtures of metals and biomaterials
F02K 9/10 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges
B29C 64/386 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
B29C 64/371 - Conditioning of environment using an environment other than air, e.g. inert gas
B33Y 40/00 - Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling
B33Y 50/00 - Data acquisition or data processing for additive manufacturing
F02K 9/72 - Rocket-engine plants, i.e. plants carrying both fuel and oxidant thereforControl thereof using liquid and solid propellants, i.e. hybrid rocket-engine plants
F02K 9/18 - Shape or structure of solid propellant charges of the internal-burning type having a star or like shaped internal cavity
B29L 31/20 - Fuel-blocks, e.g. nuclear fuel elements
B29K 55/02 - ABS polymers, i.e. acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene polymers
8.
Modulating internal ballistics in a 3D-printed rocket motor and an additive manufacturing process
A method of making a multi-grained fuel grain for a rocket is disclosed, the method comprising the steps of using at least one nozzle to extrude a first propellant in an additive manufacturing process, the first propellant comprising a multi-grained fuel grain, the multi-grained fuel grain forming the at least one void, the at least one void facilitating variation in internal ballistics, forming sensors, said sensors permitting continuous monitoring and continuous modification such that a user controls the ballistics profile of a rocket motor, forming an electrically-controlled second propellant in contact with and operatively coupled to the sensors; and wherein the additive manufacturing process uses at least at least one nozzle to extrude raw materials.
