NASA/MSFC nozzle test bedAs part of an effort to improve the state-of-the-art in nozzle technology, a solid propulsion test bed facility is being designed and will be located at Marshall Space Flight Center. The test bed will consist of a plasma arc facility and several small scale rocket motor test facilities ranging in size from the ballistic environmental generator motor with a 1/2 in. diameter throat to the MNASA motor with a 9 and 1/2 in. diameter throat capability. The test bed system will be used primarily to study materials behavior from the standpoint of char, erosion, and thermal stress phenomena.
Document ID
19890059768
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Crose, James G. (PDA Engineering Costa Mesa, CA, United States)
Mack, Thomas E. (PDA Engineering Costa Mesa, CA, United States)
Marx, Douglas A. (PDA Engineering Costa Mesa, CA, United States)
Goldberg, Benjamin (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Shrader, John E. (Boeing Aerospace Seattle, WA, United States)