Experiments demonstrating several vibro-acoustic mitigation technologies will be tested on the Vibro-Acoustic Launch Protection Experiment 2 (VALPE-2) aboard a Terrier-Improved Orion sounding rocket slated for launch from Wallops Island Flight Facility in May 2003. Flight data collected in November 2002 from a nearly identical launch (VALPE-1) is being used to characterize the fairing environment and design the prototype hardware for the second flight. This paper discusses the various experiments that will be tested on the VALPE-2 flight, and presents some of the measured results and lessons learned from the first flight.


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    Title :

    Overview of the Vibro-Acoustic Launch Protection Experiment at the Air Force Research Laboratory



    Conference:

    Smart Structures and Materials 2003: Industrial and Commercial Applications of Smart Structures Technologies ; 2003 ; San Diego,California,United States


    Published in:

    Publication date :

    2003-08-14





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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