Design and Fabrication of a Cryogenic Liquid Rocket
Faculty Mentor Name
Michael Fabian
Format Preference
Poster
Abstract
Amateur rocketry consists largely of rockets powered by solid propellant grains. The rocket industry is moving increasingly towards all-liquid rocket designs. This project aims to build a foundation for future Prescott Campus liquid rocket design teams, by designing a bi-propellant liquid rocket inclusive of tanks, plumbing, structure, electronics, and recovery system. This work is in association with the Tiber Designs Senior Capstone team, which will be designing and fabricating a keralox engine for the rocket. The rocket will be launched to altitude 45K feet at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch facility. This rocket features propellant tanks designed, fabricated and hydrotested on campus; carbon fiber tubular skin fabricated on campus by students, and other unique design features. Instrumentation and pressure-related safety systems are integrated into a system of Swagelok plumbing fixtures that include Inconel burst discs, pressure transducers and an electrically actuated emergency de-pressurization solenoid. The recovery system consists of two parachutes: a drogue chute that deploys near apogee and a primary 20-foot chute that deploys 1K feet above the ground. If successful this will be one of fewer than 10 universities in North America to successfully fly a cryogenic bi-propellant liquid rocket.
- POSTER PRESENTATION
- EAGLE PRIZE AWARD
Location
ERAU - Prescott, AZ; AC1-Atrium, 11 am - 3 pm | Eagle Gym, 7 - 9 pm
Start Date
3-29-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
3-29-2019 9:00 PM
Design and Fabrication of a Cryogenic Liquid Rocket
ERAU - Prescott, AZ; AC1-Atrium, 11 am - 3 pm | Eagle Gym, 7 - 9 pm
Amateur rocketry consists largely of rockets powered by solid propellant grains. The rocket industry is moving increasingly towards all-liquid rocket designs. This project aims to build a foundation for future Prescott Campus liquid rocket design teams, by designing a bi-propellant liquid rocket inclusive of tanks, plumbing, structure, electronics, and recovery system. This work is in association with the Tiber Designs Senior Capstone team, which will be designing and fabricating a keralox engine for the rocket. The rocket will be launched to altitude 45K feet at the Friends of Amateur Rocketry launch facility. This rocket features propellant tanks designed, fabricated and hydrotested on campus; carbon fiber tubular skin fabricated on campus by students, and other unique design features. Instrumentation and pressure-related safety systems are integrated into a system of Swagelok plumbing fixtures that include Inconel burst discs, pressure transducers and an electrically actuated emergency de-pressurization solenoid. The recovery system consists of two parachutes: a drogue chute that deploys near apogee and a primary 20-foot chute that deploys 1K feet above the ground. If successful this will be one of fewer than 10 universities in North America to successfully fly a cryogenic bi-propellant liquid rocket.
- POSTER PRESENTATION
- EAGLE PRIZE AWARD