Ordnance – Rocket launching – Having tubular guide means
Patent
1985-12-27
1987-08-04
Brown, David H.
Ordnance
Rocket launching
Having tubular guide means
89 18, 89 1812, F41F 304
Patent
active
046837981
ABSTRACT:
A transition region for a missile launch chamber providing a smooth transition from a generally square cross-section chamber in which a missile is stored and launched to a round exit opening of the chamber which connects with an exhaust manifold or plenum. The transition section is provided with a pair of pivoted doors for closing off the bottom of the missile chamber to prevent the flow of recirculation gases from the plenum into the chamber when a missile in another chamber coupled to the same plenum system is being fired. The portion of the missile exhaust chamber between the square cross-section and the circular exit opening serves to direct the exhaust gases of a missile being fired into a smooth round exhaust plume which functions as a "gas plug", preventing the recirculation of the exhaust gases back into the chamber of the missile being fired.
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Bissell Henry M.
Brown David H.
General Dynamics Pomona Division
Johnson Edward B.
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