Beginning in August of 1988 and continuing until the present, NASA at Stennis Space Center, Mississippi has conducted environmental monitoring of selected static test firings of the solid rocket motor used on the Space Shuttle. The purpose of the study was to assess the modeling protocol adapted for use in predicting plume behavior for the Advanced Solid Rocket Motor that is to be tested in Mississippi beginning in the mid-1990's. Both motors use an aluminum/ammonium perchlorate fuel that produces HCl and Al2O3 particulates as the major combustion products of concern. A combination of COMBUS.sr and PRISE.sr subroutines and the INPUFF model are used to predict the centerline stabilization height, the maximum concentration of HCl and Al2O3 at ground level, and distance to maximum concentration. Ground studies were conducted to evaluate the ability of the model to make these predictions. The modeling protocol was found to be conservative in the prediction of plume stabilization height and in the concentrations of the two emission products predicted.


    Access

    Access via TIB

    Check availability in my library


    Export, share and cite



    Title :

    Predicting ground level impacts of solid rocket motor testing



    Conference:

    AIAA, Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit ; 1993 ; Reno, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    1993-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




    Predicting ground level impacts of solid rocket motor testing

    DOUGLAS, WILLARD / EAGAN, ELLEN / KENNEDY, CAROLYN et al. | AIAA | 1993



    Solid Rocket Motor Acoucstic Testing

    J. D. Rogers | NTIS | 1999



    Ground testing of a liquid fueled rocket motor

    Puskulcu, G. / Sumer, B. / Gunduz, D.E. et al. | IEEE | 2005