University of Florida IntimiGATOR FRR

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA INTIMIGATOR FRR

OUTLINE Overview System Design Recovery Design Payload Design Simulations and Performance Testing

PROJECT SUMMARY Launch Vehicle

The launch vehicle is designed to reach an altitude of a mile

It contains 3 separate payloads: The Science Mission Directorate payload measures

atmospheric conditions and allows the calculation of lapse rate

The Lateral Flight Dynamics payload collects data on the vehicle’s roll rate for analysis

The Flow Angularity and Boundary Layer Development payload aids the team in knowing the vehicle orientation

There is dual-deployment recovery, with separate drogue and main parachutes for the SMD payload lander and launch vehicle


SYSTEM

VEHICLE DIMENSIONS Diameter: 6 inches Length: 115 inches Weight: 30 lbs

Component Weight (lbs)

Fins (2 with rollerons and 2 without) 5

Pneumatics Bay 1.5

Main Parachute/Shock Cord and Piston 3

Avionics Bay 3.25

Payload and Main Drogue Parachute Piston 0.25

Payload Main Parachute and Housing 5

Drogue Parachutes and Shock Cord 1.5

Nosecone and Pressure Payload 4.25

Body Tube 6.25

Total 30

Section Length (in)

Nosecone 24

Upper Airframe 44

Avionics Bay 3

Mid Airframe 16

Lower Airframe 28

Total 115

STATIC STABILITY MARGIN

The static stability margin is 2.78

CP = 91.1”

CG = 74.2”

Dimensions:

FINS

Fins and mount made from ABS plastic on a rapid prototype machine

Root Cord 11"Tip Cord 6”Span 6"Max Thickness .5"

MOTOR SELECTION Cessaroni L1720 WT

1755 grams of propellant Total impulse of 3660 N-s 2.0 second burn time Altitude of 5280 feet

2.2 pound margin for error


VEHICLE RECOVERY Dual Deployment

Drogue release at apogee Main release at 700 ft AGL

Drogue Parachute 36 inches in diameter Descent velocity of 65 ft/s

Main parachute 96 inches in diameter Descent velocity 18 ft/s

Recovery harness 5/8” nylon 25ft nosecone-upper 35ft lower-upper

VEHICLE RECOVERY SYSTEMS Drogue parachute

Directly below nosecone Released during first separation event

Main parachute Housed in middle airframe between avionics bay

and pneumatics bay Released during second separation event

Separation between pneumatics bay and middle airframe

SMD PAYLOAD RECOVERY Dual Deployment

Drogue release at apogee Main release at 700 ft AGL

Drogue Parachute 36 inches in diameter Descent rate of 25 ft/s

Main Parachute 36 inches in diameter Descent rate of 12.5 ft/s

Recovery harness 3/8” nylon 10-15 ft

SMD PAYLOAD RECOVERY SYSTEMS Drogue parachute

Released during first separation event Housed directly below vehicle drogue parachute

Main parachute Released from parachute housing during secondary

payload separation event stored in housing and ejected using a piston system

KINETIC ENERGY AT KEY POINTS

Launch Vehicle and SMD Payload

Kinetic Energy During Decent (Under Drogue)Component Kinetic Energy (ft-lbf)Nose Cone 140.01Airframe (Lower, Mid; shear pinned) 683.57Payload 58.54

Kinetic Energy at Landing (Under Main)Component Kinetic Energy (ft-lbf)Payload 18.9Nose Cone 14.9Top Body Tube 39.8Middle/Bottom Body Tube 57.4


SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PAYLOAD – OBJECTIVES AND REQUIREMENTS Objective

To calculate the environmental lapse rate Requirements

Measure temperature, pressure, relative humidity, solar irradiance, and UV radiation as a function of altitude

GPS readings and sky-up oriented photographs Wireless data transmission

SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PAYLOAD Rests in the upper

airframe on top of a piston

Ejects from the rocket at apogee

Dual deployment recovery

SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PAYLOAD Payload legs spring

open upon ejection Some atmospheric

sensors mounted on the lid

Body made of blue tube for data transmission purposes

SCIENCE MISSION DIRECTORATE PAYLOAD DESIGN Arduino Microcontroller

Samples analog sensors and reads outputs from Weatherboard and GPS

Weatherboard Senses atmospheric data and transmits to the

microcontroller using synchronous communication Analog sensors

Compared to the pre-programmed output from the Weatherboard

XBee Pro 900 Sends data back to ground station

Camera Takes sky-up oriented video

LATERAL FLIGHT DYNAMICS (LFD) Objectives

Introduce a determinable roll rate during flight after burn-out

Derive ODEs of the rockets roll behavior Use linear time invariant control theory to evaluate roll

dampening using rollerons Determine percent overshoot, steady state error, and

settling time Requirements

Ailerons deflect with an impulse to induce roll Rollerons inactively dampen roll rate

LFD Procedures (after burnout)

Phase I Ailerons impulse deflect Rollerons locked Rocket naturally dampens its roll rate

Phase II Ailerons impulse deflect Rollerons unlocked Rollerons dampen out roll rate

LFD FIN LAYOUT Uses pneumatic actuators to unlock rollerons

and deflect ailerons Rollerons locked using a cager

Rolleron

Cager

Aileron

Aileron Actuator

LFD MANUFACTURING All components locally manufactured

Wheel on Mill Finished Wheel Casing

LFD ASSEMBLED FIN

LFD AIR TANK SPECIFICS AND FAILURE MODES

Ailerons fail in the neutral position Loss of air pressure fails to the neutral

position

Air Tank

Type 14.5 cu. In. AL 150psi pressure tank

Material AL with sealed steel cap

Used for providing pressure to the pneumatic cylinders

MEOP 150psi

Safety Factor 2

LFD ANALYSIS Roll data points analyzed using numerical methods

Plots roll characteristics Derives an ODE

Linear Time Invariant Control Theory Governing equation -

ODE transformed into Laplace form (frequency domain) Impulse function (R(s) = 1) is applied to the plant (Gp) From the plants denominator the frequency can be

determined

FLOW ANGULARITY Objectives

Take differential pressure readings from each transducer

Determine angularity and boundary layer properties

Requirements Pre-calibration in wind tunnel will result in non-

dimensional coefficients Can be compared to flight results to obtain angularity

Calibration involves testing probe at multiple angles and flow velocities

FLOW ANGULARITY SCHEMATICS

FLOW ANGULARITY ANALYSIS Non-dimensional coefficients


FLIGHT SIMULATIONS Used RockSim and MATLAB to simulate the

rocket’s flight MATLAB code is 1-DOF that uses ode45 Allows the user to vary coefficient of drag for

different parts of the rocket After wind tunnel testing, can get fairly

accurate CD values that can be used in the program

PERFORMANCE MATLAB code is compared with RockSim

Led to design changes Maximum altitude predictions separated by 713 ft due to Cd

value differences maximum altitude predicted by RockSim of 5475 ft MATLAB predicts 4772 ft

Room for unexpected mass or drag due to the simulations reaching over one mile

PERFORMANCE Thrust-to-weight ratio

12.98 Need above 1 for lift-off

Rail exit velocity 76.8 ft/s

DRIFT CALCULATIONSLaunch Angle (deg) Wind (mph) Range (ft)

0 0 00 5 780.730 10 2335.40 15 2535.585 0 963.965 5 202.775 10 678.225 15 160810 0 188610 5 934.510 10 120.110 15 622.9

IntimiGATOR Drift

SMD Payload Drift

OUTLINE Overview System Design Recovery Design Payload Design Vehicle Optimization Simulations and Performance Testing

COMPONENT TESTING SUMMARY All components of the launch vehicle and

three payloads have planned tests 21 tests outlined in detail in FRR report Ensure all design details will work as expected Allow the team to make necessary adjustments Make sure the vehicle has a successful

competition launch

SOME COMPLETED TESTSTest # Components

TestedTesting Details Reason For Test Results

2 Body Tube Determine the strength of the charge necessary to separate

the different sections of the rocket by trying different sized

charges

Defer any complications during flight and ensure the rocket

can separate

Ejection charges were more than adequate to separate the rocket tube

10 Full-Scale Static Motor Test

Determining the thrust curve of the motor

Determine whether the rocket motor has enough force to

launch rocket and its components to desired height

Motor test was successful, and had enough thrust to get the rocket to

required height

12 Analog Readings,

Temperature, Humidity, Solar, Pressure, UV

Sensors will be placed in the payload to record data.

Compare outputs with the digital weatherboard reads to

ensure accuracy

Humidity and Temperature Sensors tested and function properly others to

be tested during January

14 XBee's Send sensor data and receive it on computer

Required for USLI competition Successful was able to send 9 Degrees of Freedom data back to the ground station during Subscale

launch

SUBSCALE RESULTS Launched with Aerotech J500 3 separate

times 1st subscale launch had a successful

deployment of the SMD mock payload 2nd subscale launch showed that the SMD

Main parachute housing was successful 3rd subscale launch included the LFD payload

fins with the rollerons unlocked Rocket remained completely stable throughout

flight and visually showed no roll

FULL SCALE LAUNCH Occurred on March 17, 2012 Launched with a Cesaroni L1720WT Reached an altitude of 4294 ft. Sustained some damage on impact due to no main parachute

deployment

FULL SCALE LAUNCH- LACK OF ALTITUDE Upper airframe launched

was 4” longer than designed

Centering rings attached with screw inserts that sheared off Motor impulse was not fully

transferred to the rocket Coefficient of drag may be

higher than anticipated A scale model of the rocket

is being rapid prototyped to perform wind tunnel testing

FULL SCALE LAUNCH- RECOVERY Separation did not occur at the main event at 700ft

AGL Multiple further tests are being performed to ensure

separation

SPONSORS NASA Boeing Millennium Engineering and Integration Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney Acquip, Inc. University of Florida

Thank You!

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