Rocket nozzle test method Patent
Method for testing rocket nozzles at high tensile stress levels
Estes, E. G.↗
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Method for testing rocket nozzles at high tensile stress levels
Test motor in which high initial pressure can be reduced suddenly provides a method of testing stress effects in the throat of a rockets nozzle. Motors operating pressure is increased to aggravate tensile stresses in a submerged throat. Opposing compression stresses are limited by control of the operating pressure.