1. Jayme Zott Aerothermodynamics Aerodynamic Loads Special thanks to Alex Woods, CJ Hiu and the entire trajectory group
AAE 450 Spring 2008

2. Moments ** Rocket is out of atmosphere before first stage drops off
**Vanguard max aerodynamic loading
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Aerothermodynamics

3. Other Loads Future Work Xcp (measured from nose):
500g % length of rocket
1 kg % length of rocket
5 kg % length of rocket
Future Work
Figure out why roger.ecn hates me
Begin CFD for final design
Begin writing for final report
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Aerothermodynamics

4. References
Ashley, Holt, Engineering Analysis of Flight Vehicles, Dover Publications Inc., New York, 1974, pp
Woods, Alex for original code and extra help analyzing results
The Martin Company, “The Vanguard Satellite Launching Vehicle”, Engineering Report No , April 1960.
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5. 5kg AAE 450 Spring 2008 5kg M Cd Xcp [m] Normal Force [N]
Pitching Moment [Nm]
Shear (1) [N]
Shear (2) [N]
Shear (3) [N]
Bending Moment (1) [Nm]
Bending Moment (2) [Nm]
Bending Moment (3) [Nm]
0.45
0.4006
AAE 450 Spring 2008

6. 1kg AAE 450 Spring 2008 1 kg M Cd Xcp [m] Normal Force [N]
Pitching Moment [Nm]
Shear (1) [N]
Shear (2) [N]
Shear (3) [N]
Bending Moment (1) [Nm]
Bending Moment (2) [Nm]
Bending Moment (3) [Nm]
0.45
AAE 450 Spring 2008

7. 200g AAE 450 Spring 2008 200 g M Cd Xcp [m] Normal Force [N]
Pitching Moment [Nm]
Shear (1) [N]
Shear (2) [N]
Shear (3) [N]
Bending Moment (1) [Nm]
Bending Moment (2) [Nm]
Bending Moment (3) [Nm]
0.45
0.4023
AAE 450 Spring 2008

8. Fluent – subsonic case
AAE 450 Spring 2008

9. Fluent – subsonic case
AAE 450 Spring 2008