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ENCIT 2016
16th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering
DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF A WORKBENCH FOR ROCKET MOTOR TESTING
Submission Author:
Manuel Barcelos Júnior , DF , Brazil
Presenter: Igor Seiiti Kinoshita Ishioka
doi://10.26678/ABCM.ENCIT2016.CIT2016-0682
Abstract
This work describes the development and design of a new workbench for propulsion testing of hybrid rocket motors. Therefore, the main goal is to overcome design limitations of traditional workbench projects. In order to facilitate the thrust measurement, non-conventional design concepts are employed, such as the use of a system of rails and rollers to lower friction. This solution is preferred over the common used cantilever systems because it makes the mounting of the rocket motor simpler, once the movement of the set is restricted to one direction. Other than increasing the thrust measurement accuracy, the new support leads to an easier handling of the system and enables the use of different rocket motors, in a range from hundreds of Newtons up to 3.500 Newtons of thrust.
Keywords
hybrid motor, test bench, hybrid rocket, chemical propulsion, experimental research, hybrid motor, test bench, hybrid rocket, chemical propulsion, experimental research
