Hybrid rockets have many advantages over pure solid or liquid propellant rockets, but low fuel regression rates and correspondingly thrust hindered their application to operational systems. Paraffin-based fuels regress significantly faster than traditional polymeric formulations, such as HTPB, paraffin inclusion in HTPB represents a potential tool for performance augmentation hybrid rockets. A ...

The MaCH-SR1 project involved the design of a 1000lb thrust hybrid rocket with the effort being undertaken during two semesters by 8 senior aerospace engineering students at the University of Colorado at Boulder. The 2002-2003 team was the second year for the project, as the previous team built two static engines and performed test burns on both. The hybrid implemented a liquid O2/HTPB oxidizer...

Aim: The purpose of this pilot study was to genetically identify and characterize Coxiella burnetii from Amblyomma varigatum ticks collected on cattle in North central Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A total of 40 partially fed ticks morphologically identified as adult A. variegatum ticks collected from cattle owned by Fulani pastoralists were evaluated for the presence of C. burnetii using PCR...

Aluminium powder (AP) formulated polyamide 6, 6 (PA 6), cotton fabric and hollow tubular polyester beg (HTPB) were experimented for spectral, chromatic imaging principle of woodland desertland camouflage textiles in visible (Vis) infrared (IR) spectrum under three-dimensional background illumination ultraviolet (UV)-Vis-IR concealment detection target signature, AP practiced by defense professi...

The present study describes the effect of NCO/OH and triol/diol ratios on the mechanical properties of Nitro functionalized Hydroxyl-terminated polybutadiene (Nitro-HTPB) elastomers. The progress of the cure reaction of Nitro-HTPB and toluene diisocyanate (TDI) is evaluated by following up the variations in the IR absorption bands of the NCO stretching and the CO ...