Statistical analysis is used in the development of solid rocket random vibration environments. This type of analysis relies heavily on the standard deviation in predicting statistical extrema. Often, however, there is a lack of data from which to accurately determine the standard deviation, resulting in environments developed using assumptions about the standard deviation. Historically, a 3 dB standard deviation assumption has been used for launch vehicles. This assumption is based on a single broadband value drawn over normalized standard deviation curves that are frequency dependent. This work reassesses these assumptions for solid rocket motors using five programs of varied sizes, performances, and structural characteristics. Based on a Monte Carlo and curve-fitting extrapolation technique, the limit of the mean programmatic standard deviation suggests the historical 3 dB assumption could be reduced nearly 50% to 1.6 dB.
Random Vibration Environment Standard Deviation Variation Verification for Solid Rocket Motors
Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets ; 54 , 2 ; 471-475
2017-02-22
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Random Vibration Environment Standard Deviation Variation Verification for Solid Rocket Motors
Online Contents | 2017
|Solid rocket motor random vibration
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