The Low-Cost Rocket with Low Melting Temperature Thermoplastic Propellant

Hikaru ISOCHI; Hikaru OTABE; Tsutomu UEMATSU; Nobuji KATO; Keiichi HORI; Yasuhiro MORITA; Ryojiro AKIBA

doi:10.2322/tastj.17.350

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The Low-Cost Rocket with Low Melting Temperature Thermoplastic Propellant

Hikaru ISOCHI, Hikaru OTABE, Tsutomu UEMATSU, Nobuji KATO, Keiichi HORI, Yasuhiro MORITA, Ryojiro AKIBA

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Keywords: Composite Propellant, Fuel Binder, Thermoplastics, Low Melting Temperature

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Article ID: 17.350

DOI https://doi.org/10.2322/tastj.17.350

The final version of this article is now available: Vol. 17 (2019), No. 3 pp. 350-353

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The performance improvement and cost reduction of solid rocket propellants has been a major concern of the solid rocket community. The use of low melting temperature thermoplastic as a fuel binder is one of the solutions. This paper presents a molding method of LTPs (Low Melting Temperature Thermoplastic Propellant) and the result of tests with a new mixing device.

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