A comprehensive investigation of unique design problems of a solid propellant first stage for a typical NOVA launch vehicle is presented. It is found that the major differences between a solid and liquid propellant first stage arise from the higher thrust of solid propulsion units, the cluster structure necessary to combine several motors into a stage, and the vehicle stability and control problem. Analysis of these problem areas shows that satisfactory solutions can be found, using state-of-the-art techniques.


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    Title :

    Engineering Problems of Large Clustered Solid Propellant Boosters


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Pre-1964 SAE Technical Papers ; 1906



    Publication date :

    1962-01-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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