Sentences with phrase «rocket engine nozzles»
Huntsville, AL — Rocket engine nozzles operate in extreme temperatures and pressures from the combustion process and are complex and expensive to manufacture.
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A hybrid rocket propulsion system comprises propellants of two different states of matter, the most common configuration being a rocket engine composed of a solid propellant lining a combustion chamber into which a liquid or gaseous propellant is injected so as to undergo a strong exothermic reaction to produce hot gas that is emitted through a De Laval nozzle for propulsive purposes.
«It's like a little nozzle which closes,» explains Twente's Detlef Lohse, similar to what happens in a rocket engine.