Ku Telemetry Modulator for Suborbital Vehicles
A modulator utilizing the Ku-band instead of the usual S-band has been developed to improve transmission rates for suborbital platforms.
Bundick, Steven↗
Engineering topics
Bishop, Jim
Publications and source records attributed to Bishop, Jim.
Use of Strain Measurements from Acoustic Bench Tests of the Battleship Flowliner Test Articles To Link Analytical Model Results to In-Service Resonant Response
The paper will discuss practical and analytical findings of a test program conducted to assist engineers in determining which analytical strain fields are most appropriate to describe the crack initiating and crack propagating stresses in thin walled cylindrical hardware that serves as part of the Space Shuttle Main Engine's fuel system. In service the hardware is excited by fluctuating dynamic pressures in a cryogenic fuel that arise from turbulent flow/pump cavitation. A bench test using a simplified system was conducted using acoustic energy in air to excite the test articles. Strain measurements were used to reveal response characteristics of two Flowliner test articles that are assembled as a pair when installed in the engine feed system.
Frady, Greg↗