Abstract:
Rocket motors utilizing putty propellants are provided with means for permitting stress relief of the propellant grain while preventing slump of the initial burning surface. This invention is applicable to both end burning and internal burning propellant configurations.
Abstract:
In a multistage split compressor wherein the low pressure compressor has a plurality of stages on one rotor and the high pressure compressor has a plurality of stages on another rotor, the low pressure compressor is removable as a unit from the high pressure compressor by making the intermediate case in two pieces, one integral with the low pressure compressor case with an associated bearing for the low pressure rotor and the other integral with the high pressure compressor case also with an associated bearing for the high pressure rotor. By having these two pieces removably secured together, the associated compressor cases may be separated by removal of the attachment devices holding the cases together, and each case carries with it the associated bearing for the enclosed rotor.
Abstract:
An electrolysis cell system includes a compact electrolysis cell comprising gas diffusion electrodes on each side of an aqueous electrolyte retaining matrix. A portion of the hydrogen gas produced by the cell has water added thereto and is recirculated through a thermal exchange portion of the cell to remove waste heat from the cell and create a temperature gradient thereacross. The amount of water introduced into the recirculating gas stream is controlled to maintain a predetermined temperature of the gas stream emerging from the thermal exchange portion of the cell. The stream leaves the thermal exchange portion of the cell and reenters the cell in the gas space adjacent one of the electrodes. In a preferred embodiment the water added is sprayed into the recirculating gas stream and the heat laden stream emerging from the thermal exchange portion of the cell passes through a condenser where water vapor in the stream is converted to liquid and where heat is removed from the stream; the water vapor partial pressure of the stream reentering the cell is controlled by keeping the temperature of the stream leaving the condenser within a certain temperature range.
Abstract:
A curable resin composition comprises, in weight percent referring to the total weight of components (a) and (b): (a) 9294% of a bicyclopentadiene ether epoxy resin, (b) 6-8% of a reactive elastomer selected from the group consisting of a functionally terminated butadiene homopolymer, a functionally terminated butadieneacrylonitrile copolymer and a functionally terminated butadiene-styrene copolymer and 9c) an aromatic polyamine curing agent in an amount sufficient to provide 0.5-2.0 amino hydrogen atoms of the amine for each epoxy group.
Abstract:
A transceiver, adapted for use as either a master or a slave in a duplex pair, has a single, voltage-tunable, solid state oscillator to provide the carrier frequency wave, a small portion of which is mixed with the received wave and applied therewith to a single ended mixer; an AGC-controlled loop cancels transmitter input modulation from the receiver output. The oscillator of the slave transceiver is locked to a desired carrier frequency by a feedback loop including a tuning cavity adjusted to the same frequency as that of the master transceiver; the slave transceiver is first locked to a frequency on the skirt of its tuning cavity, differing from the center frequency of its tuning cavity by the common IF frequency and thereafter, upon sensing output from its IF amplifier (from the master), is switched to operate in response to AFC controlled by the received signal, such that the master and slave transceivers are locked together at frequencies differing by their common IF frequency. A single integrating amplifier provides demodulator and AFC filtering and, together with a unilaterally-effective bistable device, initial sweeping of the oscillator control voltage to achieve skirt tuning in the slave mode or center tuning in the master mode.
Abstract:
A gas dynamic laser is shown wherein gases containing constituents necessary to obtain a lasing action are passed through a nozzle array and directed into a lasing cavity and through a diffuser to an exit. An opening is located on each side of said lasing cavity with a shutter box outside of said cavity having a shutter door for opening or closing said opening. A mirror box is located behind each shutter box and contains a mirror. These mirros are aligned with the openings in the lasing cavity with each door positioned between an opening and a mirror. Another outlet opening is positioned downstream of the first opening which provides an outlet opening for a laser beam. A shutter box is located around this opening and also houses a shutter door for opening and closing said opening. The mirror box which extends behind this shutter box includes opening means for permitting the output beam to pass through an aerodynamic window to atmosphere. Actuating means are provided for rapidly opening and closing said shutter doors. Bearing means including recirculating balls are located on the top and bottom of each shutter door to rise in tracks at an angle to the sealing surface on the laser device. Vacuum means are provided to reduce the pressure in the shutter box and mirror box independently of the pressure in the lasing cavity.
Abstract:
A memory look up table, such as a read only memory (ROM) used in a system calculating the arithmetic ratio of two numbers, has its required memory storage reduced by first shifting the input data bits, representative of the magnitude of the numbers, to their more significant values whenever the magnitude of the largest of the two input numbers is less than that permitted by the maximum capacity of a system word, and using only some number of the shifted higher order data bits as the input address to the look up table. A method of controlling the shifting process by monitoring the most significant bits of input data, prevents the destruction of these more significant data bits when they are present.
Abstract:
An electrolysis cell system includes a compact electrolysis cell comprising gas diffusion electrodes on each side of an aqueous electrolyte retaining matrix. A portion of the hydrogen gas produced by the cell is recirculated through the gas space of the cell and has water vapor added thereto to replenish the water used by the cell. A water metering device senses the amount of current supplied to the cell and adds the appropriate amount of water to the system in precisely the amount needed according to Faraday''s law corrected to reflect water lost in the product gases leaving the system. In a preferred embodiment a separate coolant loop flows through a thermal exchange portion of the cell in a direction opposite the flow of the recirculating product gas through the cell thereby resulting in a temperature gradient across the cell which helps maintain an even concentration of electrolyte across the cell for most efficient cell operation. The subject matter of this application is related to the subject matter of a commonly assigned application titled ''''Electrolysis Cell System Including a Recirculating Product Gas Stream for Cooling the Cell'''' by E. Parenti, D. Bloomfield, P. Grevstad and D. Beal, filed on even date herewith.
Abstract:
The injection of fuel into a fuel cell hydrogen generator is controlled by the actuation of a fuel injector valve in response to a pulse width modulated square wave as a function of fuel cell stack operation. The off time of the fuel injector valve is fixed at a constant value by comparison of a ramp voltage produced by a first integrator with a constant reference voltage. The on time of the fuel injector valve is variable and is determined by comparing a ramp voltage from a second integrator with a variable voltage which is a function of fuel stack voltage and fuel cell gross current. A fail-safe circuit is incorporated to insure that the fuel injector does not remain in a continuous on or off state if a malfunction occurs in the control circuitry.
Abstract:
Apparatus for supporting a rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. A lubricated ball type thrust bearing which supports one end of the rotor shaft is disposed within a bearing compartment formed between the rotor assembly and the engine stationary structure. One or more carbon seals, in operative relation to a seal plate on the rotor assembly, prevent the flow of excess ambient engine air into the compartment. Lubricating and cooling oil is supplied to the compartment where it is positively apportioned between the bearing and the seal plate.