Sentence examples for propellant the from inspiring English sources

Shawyer's EmDrive has the potential to revolutionize spaceflight because it requires no propellant, the biggest limiting factor in today's propulsion systems.

Upon being struck by the gun's firing pin, the percussion cap detonates and ignites the propellant; the resulting rapid expansion of gases in the gun's closed firing chamber propels the bullet forward at high velocity down the bore.

The main design feature of the reference RFBB is LOX/LH2 propellant, the canard aerodynamic configuration with delta wings and rocket engines derived from Vulcain-2 identical to that of the central core except for the nozzle length.

It was found that the key parameters controlling the flame-spreading process are the normal burning rate of the propellant, the temperature of burned gases, the initial temperature of the propellant, and the critical temperature.

Then, the other data related to the propellants to be measured for the burning rate, such as energy level of the propellant, the propellant density, the maximum combustion temperature, and the physical sizes of the propellants, were inputted to the computer of the burning rate measurement device.

After some time passed, the breech was opened and ignited the propellant; the resulting fire killed 16 crewmen and several officers.

One 38 cm gun had an explosion in the breech and the propellant for the shell was thought to be the cause.

Commoner & Co. (6960 E. Sunrise Drive; 257-1177), in the foothills a mile from Loews, is some of the propellant in the tank.

But the real propellant was the introduction, in 2003, of the Yamaha Rhino, the first side-by-side designed for recreation.

The propellant inside the cartridge had been replaced by a cinnamon-colored substitute with white granules.

Smokeless nitrocellulose powder replaced black powder as the propellant in the late 19th century.