Tópicos Especiais em Engenharia Aeroespacial - 2017/2

Professor: Artur Elias de Morais Bertoldi

Programa:

Experimental Techniques for Rocket Propulsion

1. The test stand
1. The thrust stand
2. The shelter for the tanks
3. The shelter for personnel
4. Auxiliaries
1. System for automatically filling the tanks
2. Control system
3. Stand for cold tests
4. Stand for pumps and feed system
5. Quality control of the propellants
5. Safety measures
2. Thrust measurements
1. The supports
1. Supports with almost frictionless linkage
2. Supports with flexural or elastic hinge type of linkage
2. The thrust-measuring device or pickup
3. Electrical transducers
4. Calibration of the test bed
5. Components of the thrust
3. Pressure measurements
4. Flow measurements
5. Temperature measurements
6. Velocity measurements
7. Recording methods and Data Acquisition system
8. Organization and Evaluation of Tests
1. Coordination of different instructions for running a test
2. Evaluation of results