Categorization of Human Errors in Rocket Engine Testing

1961 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lane B. Blank ◽  
Gustavus S. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Rocket Engine ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Engine Testing

Engine Testing of Advanced Materials for Hypersonic Applications

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bur
Keyword(s):  
Rocket Engine ◽  
Ceramic Composites ◽  
Gaseous Hydrogen ◽  
Metal Alloys ◽  
Advanced Materials ◽  
Metallic Foams ◽  
Combustion Chambers ◽  
Hypersonic Propulsion ◽  
Engine Testing ◽  
Engine Components

This paper describes the use of a ground based gaseous hydrogen/oxygen rocket engine to test advanced materials for rocket engine and hypersonic propulsion applications. The types of materials that have been tested include ceramic composites, metallic alloys and ceramic and metallic foams. There are various configurations in which these materials can be tested. A “square” engine is used for testing flat rectangular panels by placing the panel downstream of the rocket nozzle in the exhaust path. A more traditional “round” rocket engine is used to test axisymmetric engine components such as nozzle inserts and combustion chambers that are fabricated from either ceramic composites or metal alloys. Besides hydrogen, other engine fuels such as methane are being evaluated in order to expose test materials to a hydrocarbon environment. Various organizations from industry, academia and other government agencies have used this test cell to facilitate the development of advanced materials for use in both rocket engine and hypersonic propulsion applications.

scholarly journals Development of treatment media for advanced stormwater treatment at an industrial site

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-87
Author(s):  
R. E. Pitt ◽  
S. E. Clark ◽  
B. Steets
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Rocket Engine ◽  
Stormwater Treatment ◽  
Water Quality Control ◽  
Natural Treatment Systems ◽  
Natural Treatment ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Media ◽  
Engine Testing ◽  
Regional Water

Abstract The Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) occupies about 2,850 acres and is located in Ventura County, California. The site is jointly owned by the Boeing Company and the federal government (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration administers the federal portion of the property). Much of the site was historically used as a rocket engine testing and energy research facility from 1949 to 1998. The site stormwater discharges are permitted by the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board through an individual industrial NPDES permit that includes numeric effluent limits for a wide range of constituents, including dioxins and metals. A large portion of the site uses distributed source stormwater controls with natural treatment systems utilizing chemically active media. As part of this approach, extensive research was conducted to develop a robust media for use in these controls to meet the discharge objectives. This paper describes the development of the media and its characteristics.

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