Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Undergraduate
group
What campus are you from?
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Sophomore
Lead Presenter's Name
Devin Sirota
Faculty Mentor Name
Eric Perrell
Abstract
Project Juno is a modular, liquid bi-propellant rocket engine being developed to serve as an experimental test bed for future liquid rocket engines. Its modular nature allows for the experimentation of a wide variety of engine geometries over numerous chamber pressures, levels of thrust, and propellants. The primary goal of Juno is to provide hands-on experience in the development of a liquid rocket engine as well as perform experiments that will apply to future liquid rocket engine development. The added benefit of a modular system is the relatively low cost of iterative test campaigns when compared to the costs of purpose-specific liquid rocket engines. All of Juno’s parts have been manufactured and the engine is ready to be tested. Currently it is not possible to perform such tests at the Daytona Beach campus, and a portable test stand is being designed to meet this need. Once this test stand is manufactured, Juno will undergo testing.
Did this research project receive funding support from the Office of Undergraduate Research.
Yes, Student Internal Grant
Project Juno
Project Juno is a modular, liquid bi-propellant rocket engine being developed to serve as an experimental test bed for future liquid rocket engines. Its modular nature allows for the experimentation of a wide variety of engine geometries over numerous chamber pressures, levels of thrust, and propellants. The primary goal of Juno is to provide hands-on experience in the development of a liquid rocket engine as well as perform experiments that will apply to future liquid rocket engine development. The added benefit of a modular system is the relatively low cost of iterative test campaigns when compared to the costs of purpose-specific liquid rocket engines. All of Juno’s parts have been manufactured and the engine is ready to be tested. Currently it is not possible to perform such tests at the Daytona Beach campus, and a portable test stand is being designed to meet this need. Once this test stand is manufactured, Juno will undergo testing.