AIAA Rocket Testing Workshop at Purdue Zucrow Labs 16 August - 18 August 2019 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

NASA Aerojet Additive Injector Workshop Hours:
0800–1700hrs

Registration Options:
  • Conference Rate: $1,395
  • Early Member Rate: $1,095
  • Standard Member Rate: $1,195
Please note, this workshop is SOLD OUT. This workshop will be video recorded. Stay tuned for more information about how to register for on-demand viewing at a later date.


Synopsis

This three-day workshop will provide attendees with fundamental and practical aspects of rocket testing activities through a review of propulsion (liquid, solid, hybrid, and electric) fundamentals, state-of-the-art testing practices (e.g., instrumentation selection and calibration, laser diagnostic, etc.), uncertainty analysis, and design of experiments. The one-of-a-kind workshop, facilitated by multiple AIAA technical committees and the world’s leading experts in rocketry, will consist of in-class lectures and discussion, lab tours, and practical demonstrations.

The workshop will be held at the Zucrow Laboratories at Purdue University, the largest academic propulsion lab in the world. Zucrow Labs handles all chemical propellants currently in use in aerospace systems and designs and evaluates rocket engines at scales up to 10,000 lbf. 


Key Topics

  • Liquid Propulsion (LP)
    • Fundamentals of liquid propulsion
    • Turbomachinery testing
    • Storable propellants: handling and characterization
    • Cryogenic propellants: handling and characterization
    • Suitcase rocket demonstration
    • Altitude chamber testing (common with SP and HP, similarities and differences with EP)
    • Pressure gain combustion: opportunities and challenges
  • Hybrid Propulsion (HP)
    • Fundamentals of HP
    • Thrust measurement challenges (common with SP)
    • Scaling challenges
    • Cryogenic propellants: handling and characterization
    • Altitude chamber testing (common with SP and HP, similarities and differences with EP)
  • Solid Propulsion (SP)
    • Fundamentals of SP
    • Propellant handling
    • Thrust measurement challenges (common with HP)
    • Throttling: options and challenges
    • Altitude chamber testing (common with SP and HP, similarities and differences with EP)
  • Electrical Propulsion (EP)
    • Fundamentals of EP
    • Thrust measurement challenges
    • Vacuum chamber challenges: low pressures and high voltages
  • Cross-cutting
    • Uncertainty analysis
    • Fundamentals of laser diagnostics
    • Instrumentation selection and calibration
    • Pressure regulators
    • Lessons learned
    • Demonstrations/lab tours
    • Heat transfer modeling: 1D to 3D, tools to check the viability of the experiment
    • Structures modeling: 1D to 3D, tools to check the viability of the experiment

Location and Logistics

The Workshop will take place at:   
Maurice J. Zucrow Laboratories at Purdue University 
Allison Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906

Purdue University is roughly 1 hour 15 minutes from the Indianapolis Airport. For transportation from the airport to the West Lafayette area, Lafayette Limo or Reindeer Shuttle are recommended options. For those individuals renting cars, parking is free at Zucrow Labs.

AIAA has secured blocks of rooms at the following hotels: 
Home2 Suites by Hilton Lafayette 
3838 Grace Ln, Lafayette, IN 47905 
Reservations: 765.479.7208 

Residence Inn Lafayette 
3834 Grace Ln., Lafayette, IN 
Reservations: 765.479.7208

Vans will be provided to transport interested attendees to/from the above hotels and Zucrow Labs.

Complementary charter bus transportation will be provided from West Lafayette to the JW Marriott in Indianapolis at the conclusion of workshop on Sunday evening.

A continental breakfast and lunch will be provided on site each day.

Contacts

Please contact the workshop organizer, Timothee Pourpoint, with questions about topics, proceedings, instructors, the laboratories, or subject matter.

Please contact Purdue University Conference Coordinator, Missy Gulick, with questions about logistics including transportation, hotel, food, etc. 
Office: 765.494.9020 
Cell: 765.491.3993 

Instructors

Dr. Timothee Pourpoint : Workshop Organizer, AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee, Associate Professor at Purdue University 

Dr. David Lineberry : Research Engineer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee

Dr. Naveen Vetcha: Liquid Propulsion Analyst at ERC Inc./Jacobs ESSCA/NASA MSFC, AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee

Dr. Ashley Karp: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, AIAA Hybrid Propulsion Technical Committee

Dr. William Marshall: Chemical and Thermal Propulsion Systems Branch, NASA Glenn Research Center, AIAA Liquid Propulsion Technical Committee 

Dr. Alexey Shashurin: Assistant Professor, Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA Plasmadynamics and Lasers Technical Committee 

Mr. David K. McGrath: Director Advanced Technology at Northrop Grumman, Deputy Director for the Propulsion and Energy Group

Dr. Michael Martin: Research Scientist at Lynntech Inc., Electrical Propulsion Technical Committee

Dr. Robert Lucht: Zucrow Laboratories Director, Professor at Purdue University

Dr. Carson Slabaugh: Assistant Professor at Purdue, Aerodynamic Measurement Technology Technical Committee

Mr. Scott McFarlane: Vice-President, Force Measurement Systems, Inc.

Dr. Alex Schumaker: Senior Aerospace Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, LPTC

 

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