Modelling Solid Propulsion Stages
Programme
                            Discovery
            Programme Reference
                            2011-27
            Contractor
                            ALTA S.P.A
            Start Date
                            End Date
                            Country
                            Italy
             
          Description
                            The goal of this project was to evaluate the state-of-the-art of European and US solid propulsion stages and to create an Excel-based design model/workbook for solid propulsion stages. The tool is intended to be used, amongst others, by the ESA CDF for either selecting existing solid rocket motors from a suitably populated database or creating preliminary designs for new solid rocket motors. Having a workbook to model stages based on solid propulsion will help assessment studies to perform trade-offs taking solid propulsion stages into account.
Keywords
                            Solid Rocket Motor
                              Propulsion
                              Solid Grain
                              ESA CDF
                              SPUD
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