Hybrid Rocket Technical Committee Summer 2010 Meeting

Arif Karabeyoglu, HRTC ChairSteven Frolik, HRTC Vise-Chair46th Joint Propulsion Conference 2010Nashville, TNJuly 26, 2010

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• Welcome Introductions Pass Around Attendance Sheet

• Dinner/Luke Colby Presentation

• AIAA Briefings / Visitors Eleanor Aldrich, AIAA Staff

• HRTC Activities 2009 HRTC Minutes Overview Accomplishments in 2009/2010 Subcommittee Reports

– Website– Technical Activities– Conferences and

Publications– Education– Awards

Agenda

• Issues/Items for Discussion

• Steering Committee Plans for Next Year

• Recent Hybrid Activities

• Wrap-up

Introduce Yourself - When Did You know?

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Arif Karabeyoglu – SPG Inc.

Steve Frolik – Aerospace Corp.

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HRTC - Meeting Minutes - July 2009

• Short briefing by the AIAA staff member.• Steven Frolic has again volunteered to do the yearly review article on the

Aerospace America. • HRTC interested in accepting proposals for system level design work. • Need to consider AIAA service award.• Marty Lithman from Orbitec may attend Congressional visit day• HRTC short course• Student award, Lifetime achievement award• HRTC has about $500 in its bank account• HRTC website

Open to suggestions Links to technical info Links to nitrous oxide safety Link your site to HRTC website

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HRTC - Meeting Minutes - July 2009

• New positions Secretary: Jonny Dyer - Reelect

• Old Positions Chair : Arif Karabeyoglu Vice Chair: Steven Frolic Treasury: Jeffrey Michlistch Meetings, Conferences and Publications: Brian Evans Technical Activities: Martin Chiaverini Education: Joseph Majdalani Website Editor: Brett Williams Membership and Awards: Scott Claflin

• Hybrid TC logo Members should think about logo

• Short course Organized by Joe Majdalani Run at JPC 2009

• Consider international presentations on hybrids at next HRTC meeting• Compile a list of award winners from the previous years. All award winners shall be listed on the TC website.

Awards:– Lifetime achievement Award: Andrew Prince will check weather Dr. Altman already have received this award.

» Year Recipient Award» 1963 Altman, David Wylde Prop Award Recipient

– AIAA service award: Marty Chiaverini, Terry Abel, John Remen, Guy Legelle, Ronn Carpenter– Wylde Award: Ken Kuo renomination

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HRTC – Roster 2010

First Last Description Email

Terry Abel Emeritus Member terry.abel@lmco.com

Brian Cantwell Membercantwell@leland.stanford.edu

Carmine Carmicino International Member carmicin@unina.it

Martin Chiaverini Memberchiaverinim@orbitec.com

Scott Claflin Member scott.claflin@pwr.utc.com

Luke Colby Member luke.colby@scaled.com

Jonathan Dyer Member/Secretary jonny@spg-corp.com

Brian Evans Meetings, Conf and Pubs Subcommittee chair bje134@psu.edu

Robert Frederick Member drbob76@arilion.com

Steven Frolik Vise Chair Steve.A.Frolik@aero.org

Alon Gany International Member gany@tx.technion.ac.il

Robert Geisler Emeritus Member rgeisler@bak.rr.com

Allen Holzman Emeritus Memberaholzman@compuserve.com

Keiichi Hori International Member hori.keiichi@jaxa.jp

Arif Karabeyoglu Chair arif@spg-corp.com

Jin Kon Kim International Member jkkim@kau.ac.kr

Timothy Knowles Emeritus Member timothy.e.knowles@maf.nasa.gov

Lester Knox Member lester.knox@edwards.af.mil

William Knuth Emeritus Memberknuthw@orbitec.com

Kenneth Kuo Member kenkuo@psu.edu

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HRTC – Roster 2010- cont.

First Last Description Email

Bala Madhan Member Madhanb@uah.edu

Joseph Majdalani Education Subcommittee Chair jmajdala@utsi.edu

Patrick McGinnis Member patrick.mcginnis@pwr.utc.com

Jeffrey Michlitsch Treasurer Jeffrey.M.Michlitsch@aero.org

Kohsei Miyata International Member njzbub@cs.trdi.mod.go.jp

Hee-Jang Moon International Member hjm@kau.ac.kr

David Myre Member dmyre@usna.edu

Benveniste Natan International Member aerbeny@aerodyne.technion.ac.il

Dario Pastrone International Member dario.pastrone@polito.it

Arie Peretz International Member aperetz@rafael.co.il

Andrew Prince Member Andrew.Prince@atk.com

John Remen Emeritus Member john.remen@edwards.af.mil

Eric Rohrbaugh Member rohrbem@comcast.net

Jose Stevens Member stevens@spg-corp.com

George Story Member george.story@nasa.gov

Stephen Whitmore Member swhitmore@engineering.usu.edu

George Whittinghill Member grw@whittinghillaerospace.com

Brett Williams Website Editor brettw@fisd.org

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HRTC – Overview

• 32 Active members• 6 Emeritus

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AIAAHybrid Rocket Technical Committee

Arif Karabeyoglu, Chairman

AIAAHybrid Rocket Technical Committee

Arif Karabeyoglu, Chairman

Steering CommitteeSteven Frolic, Vice Chairman

(plus all Subcommittee Chairmen)

Steering CommitteeSteven Frolic, Vice Chairman

(plus all Subcommittee Chairmen)

TreasurerJeffrey Michlistch

TreasurerJeffrey Michlistch

EducationJoseph Majdalani

EducationJoseph Majdalani

Membership and AwardsScott Claflin

Membership and AwardsScott Claflin

Technical ActivitiesMartin Chiaverini

Technical ActivitiesMartin Chiaverini

Meetings, Conferences,and Publications

Brian Evans

Meetings, Conferences,and Publications

Brian Evans•Alon Gany•Lester Knox•Kohsai Miyata•Allen Holzman•Arie Peretz•Ken Kuo•Bob Geisler

•Eric Rohrbaugh•Steve Frolik•Jeffrey Michlistch

•Bill Knuth•Nadir Serin•Bob Frederick•Arif Karabeyoglu•Brett Williams•Benny Natan

Website EditorBrett Williams

Website EditorBrett Williams

SecretaryJonny DyerSecretary

Jonny Dyer

•Terry Abel•George Story

2009 HRTC Subcommittees – New Position

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HRTC - Activities

• HRTC Accomplishments in 2009/2010

Organized nine sessions at the 2010 JPC (33 hybrid papers) Submitted Aerospace America year-end summary article (Steve Frolik volunteered again! Thanks

Steve!) Continued with email updates of hybrid activities to members (in lieu of formal newsletter) George

Story New officers elected – One more spot to fill Supported Congressional Visits Day

– Anyone go? HRTC Best Paper Award

– AIAA-2009-5113, Gross et al, "Effect of a Diaphragm on Performance and Fuel Regression of a Laboratory Scale Hybrid Rocket Motor Using Nitrous Oxide and Paraffin”

HRTC Best Student Paper Award

– AIAA-2009-4842, Tsohas, et al., "Development and Launch of the Purdue Hybrid Rocket Technology Demonstrator"

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• Treasurer Report – Jeffrey Michlistch We should have ~$2,000 in the account

• Web Site Editor - Brett Williams• Meeting, Conferences, and Publications – Brian Evans

JPC 2009 Aerospace America Highlights issue (Steve Frolik, due August ??) Best Paper

• Education - Joseph Majdalani Short Course

• Technical Activities - Marty Chiaverini• Membership and Awards – Scott Claflin

Best paper Best student paper Other awards Accept new members.

HRTC – Activities, subcommitees

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Still Need These

HRTC Metrics

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HRTC - Activities

We continue to work AIAA P&E Metrics (matrix attached). Four metrics were incomplete

– E1. Professional Short Courses

Joe ran the hybrid course in 2009. This metric is complete.

– E11. Student Awards (Graduate or Undergraduate): TC sponsored Award or Scholarship sponsored through the AIAA Education Foundation

Reinstated in 2009.

– E13. Lifetime Achievement: TC sponsored award to recognize lifetime achievement that has significantly benefited the industry

Nominees?

– E14. AIAA Service: TC sponsored award that recognizes continuous and exemplar service supporting TC and other AIAA activities over an extended period of time

Nominees?

– Wyld Propulsion Award?• 2010 Russell A. Ellis, consultant (retired), Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne • Renominate Dr. Kuo

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HRTC – Goals for 2009/2010§ Fill the open position§ Complete paperwork for the new members/accept new members

Active membersEmeritus members

§ January Telecon with subcommittee leaders§ Organize TC paperwork§ Refine the TC webpage – Migration to SharePoint

§ Need pictures, documents, list of publications§ Select Best Paper and Student Paper Awards in a timely manner§ Complete nominations for

§ Lifetime achievement award§ Wyld Award

§ Organize sessions for JPC10§ Panels?§ Special events?§ JPC11 San Diego (1-3 August)§ JPC12

§ Submit Aerospace America article§ TC logo§ Send someone to Congressional visit day§ Submit proposals to obtain some of the TAC funding§ Liaisons to other TC’s§ Upgrade AIAA memberships

Other Issues for Discussion

• Webpage/ Logo• Short Course• Steering Committee Minutes• Hybrid Activities• Other?

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Web Page Reminder

http://www.hybridrockets.org• New and improved website is a must!!!

• Web site should include

• Publications/Shared documents

• Awards

• Membership

• Newsletter/Blog

• Standing committees

• Announcements

• Calendar

• Educational tools

• Information on nitrous oxide safety

• Links

• Must transition to SharePoint

• Send cool pictures/videos and documents that you can share

LOGO?

• Do we need a logo?• If yes objective: Create a logo that represents the virtues of hybrid rocket propulsion, looks cool but also professional• Decision:

Words– Education– Safety– Cost effectiveness

Symbols– Rocket outline

Colors

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Engineering Education

Short Course for 2009

• Title of Course: Hybrid Rocket Propulsion • Type of Course: (circle) Short Course (classroom) • Preferred Course Length: 2 days • Is an AIAA Technical Committee sponsoring this Course? AIAA Hybrid Rocket Technical Committee • A. Lead Instructor/Point of Contact: Joe Majdalani, PhD, PE

Introduction, Classification, Challenges, and Advantages of Hybrids Similarity and Scaling Effects in Hybrid Rocket Motors Analytical Flowfield Modeling of Classical and Non-Classical Hybrid Rockets Solid Fuel Pyrolysis Phenomena and Regression Rate: Mechanisms & Measurement Techniques Combustion Instability and Transient Behavior in Hybrid Rocket Motors Metals, Other Energetic Additives, and Special Binders Used in Solid Fuels for Hybrid Rocket Applications

• Very important for our TC• A total of 22 students• Very successful event. Students very engaged. Will be refined.• Joe Majdalani has donated 50% of his share of the proceedings to our TC!!!!• A DVD containing a large number of technical papers and videos has been mailed to the

students.• AIAA policy: Short courses every other year• Next course at JPC11 San Diego???

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• Membership-Officer activity• Life time achievement award nominees• Keep short course• Need to improve web site

Migration of TC websites to SharePoint Technical information Opportunities Technical information

– Links to AIAA papers

Information on nitrous oxide safety

• Need paper on cost comparison to hybrids vs. solid and hybrid vs. liquids• Congressional visit day – volunteers?

Issues From the Hybrid Steering Committee Meeting

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Hybrid Activities - Summary

• Strong international, academic/educational and entrepreneurial activity.• Small Business:

• Scaled Composites/SNC team on SS2• SPG• ORBITEC• EAC

• Academia• Stanford, Penn State, Purdue, US Naval Academy, Utah State, UHA …

• Educational• Fredericksburg High School/Ignite effort of Brett Williams

• International:• Europe: Italy, Israel, Germany, Great Britain, France …• Asia: Japan, South Korea, China• Latin America: Brazil• Other: New Zeeland

• Industry: No active industry programs• Government: NASA Ames Peregrine Sounding Rocket

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Recent Hybrid Activities - SpaceShipTwo

• Virgin Galactic has contracted Scaled Composites to build SpaceShipTwo

• SpaceShipTwo design uses a He pressurized N2O based hybrid rocket – huge safety improvement over the blow down system

• Scaled Composites and SNC are currently testing the full scale propulsion system

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Recent Hybrid Activities – SPG

• SPG has started casting the 22 inch diameter (700 kg) paraffin-based fuels

• Facility can handle grains up to 34 inches in diameter and 14 feet long

• 24 inch motor (35,000 lbf thrust) testing activity will start in late 2010.

• Continued testing the 11 inch (7,000 lb thrust) LOX/Paraffin-based motor

• Six rounds of testing has been conducted in AeroTec facility in Butte, Montana

• Stable operation with no fore end heating has been demonstrated

• Motor efficiency in the mid to high 90%.

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Recent Hybrid Activities - Fredericksburg High School

• Testing of propulsion systems• Nine different fuels• 40 second test cell online

• Tested 58 vehicles for 40 schools• Mostly 1-lb to 1 mile • 30% transonic attempts• 3 schools achieved Mach 1+

• Brett developed a “Hybrid Sounding Rocket Training Manual”

• Partnership with White Sands Missile Range• New Relationship with NASA Wallops for flight analysis• Will meet Gen Bolden to talk about STEM education• Working on an educational NSF grant with Joe Majdalani –

growth into other states• Wanted to discuss

• Tech support via the internet• Ignite website will have secure bulletin board

where schools/students can post questions• TC members might pick and choose to answer

• Publication of the training manual

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Wrap-up• Open items

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