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Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals
ATI Courses instructor Tom Logsdon is a world acclaimed expert in space science and technology. He teaches the following ATI courses Understanding Space , Fundamentals of Orbital & Launch Mechanics, GPS Technology - Solutions for Earth & Space, and Integrated Navigation Systems. He describes Rocket Propulsion Fundamentals in the article below.
White hot combustion by-products blasted rearward with blinding speed generate the rocket's propulsive force that that hurls a rocket skyward. Pressure inside the rocket combustion chamber pushes in all directions to form balanced pairs of opposing forces which nullify one another, except where the hole for the exhaust nozzle is placed. Here the pressure escapes, causing an unbalanced force at the opposite side of the combustion chamber that pushes the rocket up towards its orbital destination.
Both rockets and jets are based on the same principle that causes a toy balloon, carelessly released, to swing in kamikaze spirals around the dining room. A jet sucks its oxygen from the surrounding air, but a rocket carries its own supply of oxidizer on board. This oxidizer can be stored in a separate tank, mixed with the fuel, or chemically embedded in oxygen-rich compounds. A rocket usually has two separate tanks, one containing the fuel, the other containing the oxidizer. The two fluids are pumped or pushed under pressure into a small combustion chamber above the exhaust nozzle, where burning takes place to create a thrust. A solid rocket rocket is like a slender tube filled with gunpowder; the fuel and oxidizer are mixed together in a rubbery cylindrical slug called the grain. Solid propellants are not pumped into a separate combustion chamber. Instead, burning takes place along the entire length of the cylinder. Consequently, the tank walls must be built strong enough to withstand the combustion pressure.
Rocket design decisions are dominated by the desire to produce the maximum possible velocity when the propellants are burned. A rocket's velocity can be increased in two principal ways: by using propellants with a high efficiency and by making the rocket casing and its engines as light as design constraints permit.
Unfortunately, efficient propellants tend to have some rather undesirable physical and chemical properties. Liquid oxygen is a good oxidizer, but it will freeze all lubricants and crack most seals. Hydrogen is a good fuel but it can spark devastating explosions. Fluorine is even better but it is so reactive it can even cause metals to burn.
Miniaturized components, special fabrication techniques and high strength alloys can all be used to shave excess weight. But there are limits beyond which further weight reductions are impractical. The solution is to use staging techniques whereby a series of progressively smaller rockets are stacked one atop the other. Such a multistage rocket cuts down its own weight as it flies along by discarding empty tanks and heavy engines. However, orbiting even a small payload with a multistage rocket requires an enormous booster. The Saturn moon rocket, for example, outweighed the Apollo capsule it carried into space by a factor of 60 to 1.
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The Applied Technology Institute (ATI) specializes in short course technical training in space, communications, defense, sonar, radar, and signal processing. Since 1984 ATI has provided leading-edge public courses and on-site technical training to defense and NASA facilities, as well as DOD and aerospace contractors. The courses provide a clear understanding of the fundamental principles and a working knowledge of current technology and applications. Boost your career. Courses are led by world-class design experts. Learn from the proven best.
about how many grains of gunpowder is in a .45 auto cartridge. Is it 2? Is it 1000? Just a range.?
I'm just trying to get an idea of how many rounds of 45 ammo I could reload with one pound of powder. I have no idea how much goes into one cartridge. I know it can vary depending on what you're doing, but I'm just looking for a ballpark average.
Thanks
The amount would depend on which powder and what weight of bullet you are using. This can range from as little as 3.1 grains of 700X with a 225 grain jacketed bullet to as much as 10.7 grains of Blue Dot with a 225 grain cast bullet. A pound is equal to 7000 grains. That means that you can get anywhere from 654 cartridges from a pound of powder to 2258 cartridges from a pound depending on which powder/bullet combination you use and what velocity you choose.
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