Solid Rockets Technical Committee Education Subcommittee Report

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Solid Rockets Technical CommitteeEducation
SubcommitteeReport

• Thomas L. Moore
• Subcomittee Chairman
• 12 July 2004

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Membership
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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 930 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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TextbookThe 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 1970s 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)