Accession Number:

AD0857536

Title:

Evaluation of a Six-Component Thrust Stand

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. Nov 1968-Jan 1969

Corporate Author:

AIR FORCE ROCKET PROPULSION LAB EDWARDSAFB CA

Personal Author(s):

• Strome, Richard K.

Report Date:

1969-07-01

Pagination or Media Count:

47.0

Abstract:

This report describes the calibration and an error analysis of the 6- component 50,000-pound Rocket Motor Thrust Stand located on Pad 2, Air Force Rocket Propulsion Laboratory, Solid Test Area. The purpose of this report is to establish stand accuracy and reproducibility for a calibrated static test loading. Errors considered primarily resulted from thrust stand misalignment, propellant mass flow of the motor, and cross-axis interactions. Dynamic effects resulting from vibration were not included in the detailed analysis but are briefly discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• *THRUST VECTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS
• *TEST FACILITIES
• *ROCKET LABORATORIES
• MEASUREMENT
• VIBRATION
• PERFORMANCE(ENGINEERING)
• LOADS(FORCES)
• ACCURACY
• RELIABILITY
• ERRORS
• WEIGHT
• CALIBRATION
• EQUATIONS
• ROCKET ENGINES
• THRUST
• MISALIGNMENT
• FORCE(MECHANICS)
• CAPTIVE TESTS
• ROCKET NOZZLES
• PROPELLANT BURN OUT

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Rocket Engines

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE