Innovative Model Rocket Project For Sophomore Aerospace Engineering Students

Boyer, Lawrence; Ravindra, K.; George, John C.; Mitchell, Kyle

doi:10.18260/1-2--2544

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“…While the full DYNCAT concept foresees improved information exchange between ground and air on ATC intent, weather data, and the predicted flight profile [24], this first step addressed the optimal execution of the approach procedures with respect to environmental impact (noise and fuel consumption) under the status quo, i.e., radar vectoring and very limited availability of information. The extended flight deck functionalities provide information about air traffic control's intended trajectories, particularly on the lateral path, making use of the concept of the permanent resume trajectory (PRT) [25] and only requiring the distance-to-go (DTG) or indicated time of arrival (ITA) from ATC. It is important to recognise that the PRT is an on-board expectation of the remaining trajectory only.…”

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Pilot Assistance Systems for Energy-Optimized Approaches: Is It Possible to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Noise at the Same Time?

Wunderli,

Meister,

Boyer

et al. 2024

Aerospace

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Air traffic has appreciable environmental impacts, especially regarding gaseous emissions and noise. Recent studies have shown that the energy management during approach is a driving factor regarding environmental impact and is especially challenging for pilots. In a previous project, a newly developed pilot assistance system called LNAS (Low Noise Augmentation System) showed the potential of energy-optimized approaches to reduce fuel consumption and noise. Within the SESAR Exploratory Research project DYNCAT, novel functions based on LNAS have been integrated in the flight management system. In this contribution, results from real-time simulations with the enhanced FMS are presented, and mitigation of the environmental impact is analyzed. It was shown that with DYNCAT, the energy management could be improved, resulting in a later configuration and engines mostly in idle. With DYNCAT, procedures were also flown more uniformly and the variability in noise and fuel outcomes was reduced. However, the results revealed a trade-off for optimizing noise and fuel consumption simultaneously, whereby both parameters can be improved along specific optimum curves. A perfect strategy to minimize noise would be to first reduce speed and only secondly height, as high speeds lead to higher levels of airframe noise and sound exposure increases with decreasing distance. In contrast, saving fuel might be achieved by reducing the flight time, as the engines consume fuel even when being in idle.

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Pilot Assistance Systems for Energy-Optimized Approaches: Is It Possible to Reduce Fuel Consumption and Noise at the Same Time?

Wunderli,

Meister,

Boyer

et al. 2024

Aerospace

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“…For several years, building of model rockets and analyzing various aspects of their operation was used as a powerful motivational tool for students [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]. A model-rocket test stand is used in a calculus course [17].…”

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Impulse Calculation of Model Rocket Engines

Sarper

Landman

Jakšić

et al.

2019 ASEE Annual Conference &Amp; Exposition Proceedings

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where he teaches graduate level classes in aerodynamics and statistical based experiment design, and supervises doctoral and masters students. His current research areas include use of Design of Experiments(DOE) in wind tunnel force measurement system design, and development of in-flight test methods for use with unmanned aerial vehicles. Landman was jointly appointed as Chief Engineer at the Langley Full-Scale Tunnel (LFST) at NASA Langley until its closing in September 2009. During his 13 year tenure at the LFST, Dr. Landman was responsible for designing force measurement systems and supervising wind tunnel tests on a variety of test articles including aerospace and ground vehicles. Dr. Landman has served as an international consultant for training engineers in DOE as applied to aerospace ground testing.

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“…Model rockets have been used as student projects for decades. Many publications [7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17] report engineering projects in the same general area. Mathematical and physical aspects of model rocketry are reported in references 18-23.…”

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confidence: 99%