The NPS rocket corer
Subtitle: a first generation rocket powered coring tool
By: by George E. Pierce and R.J. Smith
Contributors: Smith, R. J.; Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Publisher: Naval Postgraduate School
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Monterey, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 36
Subjects: Core drilling; Oceanographic instruments
Description: A rocket motor powered corer has been designed and built. Limited tests of the rocket corer, conducted in a sand-silt-clay bottom at a depth of 100 feet off Pitas Point in Ventura County, showed promising results. It has been demonstrated that available rocket motors can be used to drive coring devices in relatively shallow water. Further tests are warranted to determine the maximum depth that rocket-powered instruments may be used. It presently appears possible that rocket motors may be used as a general source of power for varied underwater applications.
Notes: Title from cover.

Sponsoring military activity: Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Washington, D.C. 20390. Work request no. 55118.

"January 1970"--Cover.

"NPS-58SJ70011A"--Cover.

DTIC Identifiers: Coring.

Author(s) key words: Corer, coring tools, sediment sampling, sediment corer, rocket corer, underwater rocket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 22)

"Approved for public release; distribution unlimited"--Cover.

Technical report; January, 1970.

ck/ oclc 8/31/09.