Method for manufacturing outlet nozzles for rocket engines
US6789316B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 10, 2003 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 10, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49995
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Method and arrangement for manufacturing an outlet nozzle (10) for use in a liquid fuel rocket engine. The nozzle forms a body of revolution having an axis of revolution and a cross section that varies in diameter along said axis. The nozzle has a wall structure comprising a plurality of mutually adjacent cooling channels extending substantially in parallel from the inlet end (12) of the nozzle to its outlet end (13). The method includes providing a plurality of preprocessed profile members, each having a web and flanges in opposite directions from said web. Each profile member is machined to present a longitudinally gradually tapering width. The member is curved to conform with the wall section of the nozzle, and members are joined by welding the flanges to form a bell-shaped nozzle structure with cooling channels (11) formed by adjacent webs and adjacent pairs of flanges.
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