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Rocket Trade-off & Staging Analysis

This document discusses two trade-off ratio problems. The first problem provides mass and specific impulse values for two rocket stages and asks to calculate the trade-off ratios. The second problem gives mass and specific impulse values for the booster and first stage of a launch vehicle and asks to calculate the ideal burnout velocity at the end of the first stage burn.

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Rocket Trade-off & Staging Analysis

This document discusses two trade-off ratio problems. The first problem provides mass and specific impulse values for two rocket stages and asks to calculate the trade-off ratios. The second problem gives mass and specific impulse values for the booster and first stage of a launch vehicle and asks to calculate the ideal burnout velocity at the end of the first stage burn.

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Trade-off Ratio Problems

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Problem No. 01

Consider a rocket with the following mass configuration.

m p1 = 21087kg ; ms1 = 1296kg ; I sp1 = 261s


m p 2 = 3854kg ; ms 2 = 360kg ; I sp 2 = 324s
m* = 668kg
Obtain the trade-off ratios.

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Solution No. 01

The trade-off ratios are as follows.

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Parallel Staging Problems

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Problem No. 02

Consider the booster and first stage of PSLV, as defined


below.

m0 = 295T ; m p 0 = 9T ; ms 0 = 2T ; I sp1 = 262s; tb 0 = 44s


m p1 = 138T ; ms1 = 30T ; I sp 2 = 269s; tb1 = 105s

Assuming that there are 6 boosters and that all 6 boosters


and the first stage fire together, determine the ideal
burnout velocity at the end of the first stage burnout.

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Solution No. 02

The solution at the end of 44s is as follows.


n
m0 =  m0−i = 6  0.2045 + 1.3143 = 2.5415T / s
i =1
n

m I
0 −i sp 0 −i
1.2272  262 + 1.3143  269
I sp −0 = i =1
n
= = 265.6s
m
2.5415
0 −i
i =1

m0 295
Vb −0 = g 0 I sp −0 ln = 9.81 265.6  ln
m0−1 − m0tb 0 295 − 2.5415  44
= 1241.7m / s

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Solution No. 02

The solution at the end of 105s is as follows.


m0−1
Vb −1 = Vb −0 + g0 I sp −0 ln
m0−1 − m0−2 ( tb1 − tb 0 )
183.2
= 1241.7 + 9.81 269  ln
183.2 − 1.3143  (105 − 44)
= 1241.7 + 1518.9 = 2760.6m / s

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