Solid rocket motor igniters. NASA space vehicle design criteria, chemical propulsion
Design approach for solid propellant rocket igniters
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Study of solid rocket motor for space shuttle booster. Volume 4: Cost
The cost data for solid propellant rocket engines for use with the space shuttle are presented. The data are based on the selected 156 inch parallel and series burn configurations. Summary cost data are provided for the production of the 120 inch and 260 inch configurations. Graphs depicting parametric cost estimating relationships are included.
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Study of solid rocket motor for space shuttle booster, volume 2, book 1
The technical requirements for the solid propellant rocket engine to be used with the space shuttle orbiter are presented. The subjects discussed are: (1) propulsion system definition, (2) solid rocket engine stage design, (3) solid rocket engine stage recovery, (4) environmental effects, (5) manrating of the solid rocket engine stage, (6) system safety analysis, and (7) ground support equipment.
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Study of solid rocket motors for a space shuttle booster. Volume 1: Executive summary
An analysis of the solid propellant rocket engines for use with the space shuttle booster was conducted. A definition of the specific solid propellant rocket engine stage designs, development program requirements, production requirements, launch requirements, and cost data for each program phase were developed.
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Study of solid rocket motor for space shuttle booster, volume 2, book 5, appendices E thru H
Preliminary parametric studies were performed to establish size, weight and packaging arrangements for aerodynamic decelerator devices that could be used for recovery of the expended solid propellant rocket motors used in the launch phase of the Space Shuttle System. Computations were made using standard engineering analysis techniques. Terminal stage parachutes were sized to provide equilibrium descent velocities for water entry that are presently thought to be acceptable without developing loads that could exceed the boosters structural integrity. The performance characteristics of the aerodynamic parachute decelerator devices considered are based on analysis and prior test results for similar configurations and are assumed to be maintained at the scale requirements of the present problem.
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Internal Electrostatic Discharge Testing of Inert Solid Rocket Motor Materials
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Determination of processing and test facility requirements for large solid rocket motors. Volume 2 - Task 2 - facility optimization Final report
Cost optimization for 260-inch diameter solid rocket engine test facility
Lambert, W. L.↗
Navier-Stokes analysis of two- and three-dimensional flow field in solid rocket motors with segment joints
A multidimensional implicit Navier-Stokes analysis which uses numerical solution of ensemble-averaged Navier-Stokes equations in a nonorthogonal bodyfitted cylindrical-polar coordinate system has been applied to simulation of the internal flow field in solid-propellant rocket motor chambers with segment joints. The calculation procedure incorporates a two-equation (k-epsilon) turbulence model and utilizes a consistently split, linearized block-implicit algorithm for numerical solution of the governing equations. Computations performed to simulate the axisymmetric flow field in the vicinity of the aft field joint in the Space Shuttle SRB using 14,725 grid points show the presence of a region of reversed axial flow near the downstream edge of the slot. Calculations were also performed for two cases involving asymmetric three-dimensional flow in the vicinity of the aft field joint in the SRB using 721,525 grid points to estimate circumferential velocities and pressure gradients at the joint.
Sabnis, J. S.↗
Design, fabrication, and test of omnidirectional flexible seals for thrust vector control of large solid rocket motors Final report
Omnidirectional flexible, rubber-steel seal design, fabrication, and performance testing for solid propellant rocket engine thrust vector control
Wong, E. Y.↗
Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) development and qualification
The configuration of reusable solid propellant motors for the space shuttle vehicle is delineated and traces their design evolution. Also presented are the summary results of the first two of the three qualification motor firings designated QM-1 and QM-2.
Lund, R. K.↗
A study of performance and cost improvement potential of the 120 inch (3.05 m) diameter solid rocket motor. Volume 1: Summary report
A parametric study of ballistic modifications to the 120 inch diameter solid propellant rocket engine which forms part of the Air Force Titan 3 system is presented. 576 separate designs were defined and 24 were selected for detailed analysis. Detailed design descriptions, ballistic performance, and mass property data were prepared for each design. It was determined that a relatively simple change in design parameters could provide a wide range of solid propellant rocket engine ballistic characteristics for future launch vehicle applications.
Backlund, S. J.↗
Study of solid rocket motor for space shuttle booster, volume 2, book 3, appendix A
A systems requirements analysis for the solid propellant rocket engine to be used with the space shuttle was conducted. The systems analysis was developed to define the physical and functional requirements for the systems and subsystems. The operations analysis was performed to identify the requirements of the various launch operations, mission operations, ground operations, and logistic and flight support concepts.
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Long-term storage test of a Syncom solid rocket motor
After 7.5 years of storage at ambient temperature, a solid propellant apogee motor was tested successfully. The performance of the motor did not deteriorate as a result of prolonged storage. Tabular performance data and graphic thrust and pressure variations are given.
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Summary of solid rocket motor plume flow field and radiation analyses
The inclusion of solid propellant plume flow field effects in analyses and design of the space vehicle was investigated. Results of these analyses are summarized.
Audeh, B. J.↗
The effects of particulates from solid rocket motors fired in space
The orbits attained by kick motor solid propellant particulates are modeled, and an estimate is made of the number of particulates which will remain in orbit. The fuel, Al2O3, is burned while inserting spacecraft into a transfer orbit and again while circularizing the GEO station. It is shown that 23 percent of 1 micron particles deorbit immediately, while most particles enter a retrograde orbit. The resulting flux is an order of magnitude larger than the micrometeoroid flux. The pressures exerted by solar radiation ensure that only 5 percent of the original flux is still in orbit after the first year. The estimates provided are valid for a large number of transfer orbit operations, but will vary widely over the short term.
Mueller, A. C.↗
Determination of processing and test facility requirements for large solid rocket motors. Volume 1 - Task 1 - Facility modification for full-length 260 inch diameter motor processing and test Final report
Facility modification plan for testing 260-inch diameter solid rocket engine
Lambert, W. L.↗
High performance Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) submerged nozzle/combustion cavity flowfield assessment
Two and three dimensional internal flowfield solutions for critical points in the Space Shuttle solid rocket booster burn time were developed using the Lockheed Huntsville GIM/PAID Navier-Stokes solvers. These perfect gas, viscous solutions for the high performance motor characterize the flow in the aft segment and nozzle of the booster. Two dimensional axisymmetric solutions were developed at t = 20 and t = 85 sec motor burn times. The t = 85 sec solution indicates that the aft segment forward inhibitor stub produces vortices with are shed and convected downwards. A three dimensional 3.5 deg gimbaled nozzle flowfield solution was developed for the aft segment and nozzle at t = 9 sec motor burn time. This perfect gas, viscous analysis, provided a steady state solution for the core region and the flow through the nozzle, but indicated that unsteady flow exists in the region under the nozzle nose and near the flexible boot and nozzle/case joint. The flow in the nozzle/case joint region is characterized by low magnitude pressure waves which travel in the circumferential direction. From the two and three dimensional flowfield calculations presented it can be concluded that there is no evidence from these results that steady state gas dynamics is the primary mechanism resulting in the nozzle pocketing erosion experienced on SRM nozzles 8A or 17B. The steady state flowfield results indicate pocketing erosion is not directly initiated by a steady state gas dynamics phenomenon.
Freeman, J. A.↗
Study of solid rocket motor for space shuttle booster, Volume 3: Program acquisition planning
The program planning acquisition functions for the development of the solid propellant rocket engine for the space shuttle booster is presented. The subjects discussed are: (1) program management, (2) contracts administration, (3) systems engineering, (4) configuration management, and (5) maintenance engineering. The plans for manufacturing, testing, and operations support are included.
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