Missile Application

Parts made from fluoroelastomers are used in applications that justify their high cost, usually where the maintenance and replacement costs are high enough to offset the initial cost of the part. These include automotive applications such as valve stem seals, fuel injector components, radiator, crankcase and transmission seals, and carburetor needle tips. Numerous seals and gaskets in the marine, oilfield, and chemical processing industries employ fluoroelastomers. In addition, many hoses in the automotive and chemical industry are made entirely of fluoroelastomer compounds or have a veneer of the fluoroelastomer as a barrier exposed to the harsh environment. Seals and gaskets in military applications and the binder for flares and missile applications are made with fluoroelastomers. 

Use Electrical and electronic component industries, protective equipment, graphic arts and photographic film, cable wrapping and protective overlays for other thermoplastic sheeting, missile applications. 

In the aerospace industry, resinous polymers encompass a wide variety of hardware applications for aircraft, missiles, and space structures. In aircraft, resins are used as a matrix material for primary (flight-dependent) and secondary fiber-reinforced composite (FRC) structures, adhesives for the bonding of metal and composite hardware components, electronic circuit board materials, sealants, and radomes. Missile applications include equipment sections, motor cases, nose cones, cartjon-carbon composites for engine nozzles, adhesive bonding, and electronics. As the exploration of outer space intensifies, applications will become even more exotic. FRC will be used to construct telescopes, antennas, satellites, and eventually housing and other platform structures where special properties such as weight, stiffness, and dimensional stability are important. 

Hodge, K., Crofoot, T., and Nelson, S., Gelled Propellants for Tactical Missile Applications, AIAA 99-2976, 35th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference, June 1999. 

Cryogenic Systems as Auxiliary Power Sources for Aircraft and Missile Applications (4) 184... 

MISSILE APPLICATIONS Low Temperature Liquids as Coolants in Guided Missiles (1) 186 An Investigation of the Liquid Oxygen Gey-sering Phenomena in Missile Supply Lines... 

A number of magnesium/fluorocarbon-based igniter materials are specified in Refs. [6, 7]. Magnesium/PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene)-based material were and are used in both strategic and tactical missile applications as shown below in Table 12.1. 

CRYOGENIC SYSTEMS AS AUXILIARY POWER SOURCES FOR AIRCRAFT AND MISSILE APPLICATIONS... 

Although their usage was, to a great extent, limited to aero engines and particularly missile applications, these adhesives were critical for solving other design problems in, for example, the Blackburn Buccaneer (Fig. 70). 

The formal program report WADC 58-529 includes a handbook for the propulsion system engineer. This includes graphs and formulas for the calculation of line sizes and pressure requirements for missile application. Recommendations are presented to guide the designer in the selection of an optimum transfer system. 

Gelled Fuels. Gelled fuels generally have consisted of metallic powders such as aluminum or boron suspended in gelled MMH or an MMH blended fuel. These gels are applied to tactical missile applications. The gelled... 

Table 51.1). There is also a special version VRE cell available for missile applications. 

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