Solid Rockets Technical Committee

Education SubcommitteeReport

Thomas L. Moore

Subcomittee Chairman

12 July 2004

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Membership

Name Organization New Member? Present

Michel Berdoyes Snecma

Fred Blomshield NAWC WD

Franck Cauty ONERA

I-Shih Chang Aerospace Corp

Mike Fisher JHU/CPIA

Tom Moore JHU/CPIA

Agostino Neri Avio

Chuck Schaeffer Aerojet

Jean Thepenier SME

Gilles Vigier EADS

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2004 Short Course

• Solid Rocket Igniter Technology and Applications– 15-16 July 2004, Marriott Marina Ft. Lauderdale– 10 Presentations

• Aerojet (2)• ATK Elkton (2)• Avio• CPIA• NAWC WD• Pacific Scientific • Snecma• Software & Engineering Associates (SEA), Inc.

– 17 paid students registered as of 9:30 am, 12 July

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Future Professional Development

• Recommendations:– Continue to alternate Lecture Series (one-half to full

day special session) and Short Course (1½ to 2 days) on an annual basis

– Schedule at Joint Propulsion Conference only

– Lecture Series “Solid Rocket Motor Insulation”• 2005 Joint Propulsion Conference, Tucson, AZ

– Short Course “Solid Rocket Motor Health Monitoring and Reliability”

• 2006 Joint Propulsion Conference, Sacramento, CA

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Educational Outreach

• Create about 6 solid rocket science roadshow kits for show-and-tell at schools and professional meetings– Specimen bottles containing basic composite propellant

ingredients or simulants• AP

• Binder polymer

• Powered aluminum

– Sample of inert propellant

– Inert hardware• Cross-sectional model of small motor and/or nozzle

• Igniter

– General solid rocket manufacturing and test video

– Posters

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SRTC Lecture Series on CD-ROM

• All material received to date has been scanned to pdf

• SRTC leadership requested further exploration of export-control issue

• CPIA will seek advice from Navy Contracting Officer Representative (COR)

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Solid Rocket Fundamentals Textbook

• Robert Geisler study and proposal January 2003• Project agreed to in principle by SRTC January

2004• Two- to three-year project• Audience

– Undergraduate and graduate students– Entry level and junior engineers– Reference text for general industry

• Content should cover basic design principles (i.e., “Solid Rockets 101”) and practical “how-to” and best practice guidelines for the design engineer

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Textbook—The Plan

• Solicit high-level support from major solid rocket companies for labor required to complete 1 or 2 chapters each

• Assign primary responsibility for each chapter• Solicit retirees and academia for remaining

chapters– Provide honorarium/stipend at completion

• Use NASA SP monographs from 1970’s as backbone

• CPIA to coordinate editorial function

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Publishing with AIAA

• Textbook (AIAA Education Series) requires sample problems

• AIAA attractive for low volume production (~1000 copy run)

• Final manuscript required two 2 years from contract signing

• Projected retail cost of 400-page book would be $80 (Average 30% discount to re-sellers).

• Royalties to SRTC would be 15% of net (approximately $8.50 per book sold)