Rocket acoustic noise can induce loads and vibration on the vehicle as well as the surrounding structures. Models have been developed to predict these acoustic loads based on scaling existing solid rocket motor data. The NASA Marshall Space Flight Center acoustics team has measured several small solid rocket motors (thrust below 150,000 lbf) to anchor prediction models. This data will provide NASA the capability to predict the acoustic environments and consequent vibro-acoustic response of larger rockets (thrust above 1,000,000 lbf) such as those planned for the NASA Constellation program. This paper presents the methods used to measure acoustic data during the static firing of small solid rocket motors and the trends found in the data.


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    Title :

    Acoustic Measurements of Small Solid Rocket Motor


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    Conference:

    159th ASA Meeting and Norse-Con 2010 ; 2010 ; Baltimore, MD, United States


    Publication date :

    2010-04-19


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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