TEST METHOD FOR TESTING A SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE, SOLID-PROPELLANT ROCKET ENGINE AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING THE METHOD

摘要

A solid-propellant rocket engine (1) has a casing (2) and a thermal protection (15) internally coating the casing and delimiting a housing (17), which contains a mass of solid propellant (3); the thermal protection has a fixed portion (22) and at least one movable portion (23) that adheres to the mass of solid propellant (3) and can be moved from a back position to a forward position with respect to the fixed portion (22) through a thrust system obtained by pressuring a chamber 31 provided by installing a membrane 32 between the fixed portion 22 and the movable portion 23; the engine is tested by verifying the adhesion of the mass of solid propellant (3) to the movable portion (23) after having moved the movable portion (23) to the forward position by means of a thrust directed from the fixed portion towards the mass of solid propellant (3).