Re: Engineer Logic - <Humorous>

On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 21:30:29 -0800, nick c <n-chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Bets wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Jan 2006 14:49:19 -0800, nick c <n-chen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>
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>>>Must tell you Bets, if engineers wanted the SRBs to be fatter, the SRBs
>>>would have been fatter. SRBs are fueled with a pelletized solid
>>>propellant and I would venture a guess it's the use of a solid
>>>propellant that determined the configuration of the SRBs. Liquid
>>>propellants may generate higher thrusts but the need for a crogentic
>>>liquid oxidizer presents storage corrosive problems. When using solid
>>>propellants, the width of the container is important because solid
>>>propellants in wide long containers tend to burn unreliably. The SRBs
>>>might be somewhere close to 12 feet in diameter which may be well within
>>>a design safety margin. I don't know if the SRBs are comparmentized,
>>>though I think they may be. Considering what the SRBs are designed to
>>>do, I would guess 2 or 3 compartments containing the solid propellant,
>>>or variations of the solid propellant would be used. If the burn is to
>>>be controlled then think in terms that each compartment must burn
>>>complete before proceeding into the next compartment. My guess would be
>>>that each SRB would generate way over 3 million pounds of thrust and
>>>that would necessitate an absolute controlled balanced (2 silos) burn of
>>>pelletized solid propellants. Both silos must burn completely in a
>>>balanced manner even though the burn rate of the propellant would be
>>>assured due to quality control measures taken during the propellant
>>>manufacturing process.
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> OH STOP! You sound like my husband.
>>
>
>Screeeeeeeech. (Stopped)

Thanks! How'dja do that?

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