Patent ID: 11913410
Assignee: X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  B | IPC B  F

Claim 21:
22. A method of making a fuel grain for use in a hybrid rocket motor, the method comprising:
blending a first energetic nanoscale metallic compound and a second compound suitable as a rocket fuel to form a third compound;
maintaining a temperature of the second compound below a heat deflection temperature, melting temperature, and ignition temperature of the second compound; the third compound serving as feedstock material;
wherein the feedstock material is formed by successive drying and heating of the feedstock material; wherein said heating and continued manipulation of the feedstock material causes an increase in internal friction;
wherein successive drying and heating of the feedstock material produces a preestablished viscosity that is highly adapted to use in an additive manufacturing apparatus;
wherein the additive manufacturing apparatus is operatively connected to a computing system, said computing system being configured to perform competitive simulations;
wherein said competitive simulations comprise game theory framework applications and stochastic deposition simulations, said stochastic deposition simulations producing a plurality of agglutinated layers of rocket fuel grain and improved ballistics profile;
wherein the layers are embedded with permeable fuel gran pores having a diameter that may be modulated by a user to modify said ballistics profiles; and
wherein said permeable fuel grain pores are spatially deposited within the rocket motor as determined by said stochastic deposition simulations; and
wherein the additive manufacturing apparatus forms the fuel grain using the feedstock material.