Patent · US Expired

Rocket engine nozzle

US6308514A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 2, 2001
Grant dateOct 30, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 2, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF02K9/97
  • WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A rocket engine nozzle with an outlet portion having a curved profile in axial section. In order to control the flow separation occurring within the nozzle outlet, the radius of the outlet portion, in axial section, varies circumferentially in length.

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