The design and performance of a motor developed for the first stage of the NASA SCOUT-D and E launch vehicles are discussed. The motor delivers a 30% higher total impulse and a 35 to 45% higher payload mass capability than its predecessor, the Algol IIB. The motor is 45 in. in diameter, has a length-to-diameter ratio of 8:1 and delivers an average 100,000-lb thrust for an action time of 72 sec. The motor design features a very high volumetrically loaded internal-burning charge of 17% aluminized polybutadiene propellant, a plasma-welded and heat-treated steel alloy case, and an all-ablative plastic nose liner enclosed in a steel shell. The only significant development problem was the grain design tailoring to account for erosive burning effects which occurred in the high-subsonic-Mach-number port. The tests performed on the motor are described.


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    Title :

    Development of the Algol III solid rocket motor for SCOUT.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Society of Automotive Engineers, National Aeronautic and Space Engineering and Manufacturing Meeting


    Publication date :

    1971-09-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English