ROCKET AND METHOD FOR ITS ASSEMBLY Russian patent published in 2000 - IPC

FIELD: rocketry. SUBSTANCE: the rocket has several sections - modules with male and female shoulders fixed by fasteners against longitudinal motion. The fasteners are made in the form of flexible bands of tightening steel. The outer surface of one of the extreme rocket sections (front or rear) has stops, and the other opposite section has an aligned end cavity, which accommodates a tensioner. One end of the bands is fastened to the stop, and the other - to the tensioner. The method for rocket assembly consists in end telescope joint of the shoulders of the adjacent sections-modules and their fixing against longitudinal displacement by fasteners. The sections are fixed by a flexible coupling, whose ends are fastened on the extreme sections of the rocket with a symmetrical envelopment of the intermediate sections. After that the rocket sections are drawn together by tensioning of the flexible coupling and fixed in an integral part. EFFECT: enhanced reliability of telescope joints of rocket sections, simplified procedure of rocket assembly and dismantling. 4 cl, 4 dwg