The NPS rocket corer : a first generation rocket powered coring tool
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Authors
Pierce, George E.
Smith, R. J.
Subjects
Advisors
Date of Issue
1970-01
Date
1970-01
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
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
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Technical Report
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NPS Report Number
NPS-58SJ70011A
Sponsors
Naval Facilities Engineering Command
Work Request No. 55118
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.