Eagle Space Flight Team – Aerodynamics Team
Faculty Mentor Name
Julio Benavides
Format Preference
Poster Presentation and Demonstration
Abstract
The Eagle Space Flight Team was created with the goal of becoming the first undergraduate team to design, build, and launch a rocket capable of suborbital spaceflight. To accomplish this task, the team is broken down into multiple sub teams, each focused on a specific aspect of research. Aerodynamics sub-team’s concentration is on the flight profile of the rocket. Research goals for the team include finding the center of pressure and the coefficient of drag of the rocket. Trajectory models are being created in MATLAB and being updated to include wind forces and recovery events, such as the deployment of the drogue and main parachutes. Research into thermal profiles is also being accomplished using ANSYS. Aero team has so far designed both a 3” and 4” diameter rocket and over the next three years will have major contributions to the design of the space capable rocket.
Poster Presentation and Demonstration
Location
AC1-ATRIUM
Start Date
4-8-2016 1:00 PM
End Date
4-8-2016 3:00 PM
Eagle Space Flight Team – Aerodynamics Team
AC1-ATRIUM
The Eagle Space Flight Team was created with the goal of becoming the first undergraduate team to design, build, and launch a rocket capable of suborbital spaceflight. To accomplish this task, the team is broken down into multiple sub teams, each focused on a specific aspect of research. Aerodynamics sub-team’s concentration is on the flight profile of the rocket. Research goals for the team include finding the center of pressure and the coefficient of drag of the rocket. Trajectory models are being created in MATLAB and being updated to include wind forces and recovery events, such as the deployment of the drogue and main parachutes. Research into thermal profiles is also being accomplished using ANSYS. Aero team has so far designed both a 3” and 4” diameter rocket and over the next three years will have major contributions to the design of the space capable rocket.
Poster Presentation and Demonstration