Solid Rockets Technical Committee Vice-Chair Report Tom Moore 11 July 2005

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 CPIA is Now CPIAC! Johns Hopkins University awarded new, 10-year contract on 8 July 2005 from the Army Contracting Agency on behalf of the Defense Technical Information Center to operate the… Chemical Propulsion Information Analysis Center

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 Lecture Series Compilation on CD SRTC Lecture series (1986 – 2003) –267 Mb, 3851 pages scanned to pdf –Concerns that collective documentation may be subject to U.S. export control laws (ITAR) –Tom Moore will ask his CPIAC Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for an opinion on release Communication with COR limited over past 3 months due to CPIA  CPIAC competitive procurement action

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 Solid Rocket Fundamentals Textbook SRTC Adopted Bob Geisler outline in principle (2003 ASM) –Deficiencies identified in current propulsion texts –Preliminary chapter outline established; revised at 2004 JPC –Project encouraged by AIAA

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 Response to date indicates volunteer effort sufficient to prepare manuscript on a per chapter basis Leverage existing NASA SP monograph series and other available public domain material CPIAC will coordinate resources, manuscript consolidation and overall editorial function Kick-off today; 2-year schedule to manuscript submittal Establish Internet file transfer/workplace site for collaboration, review and progress reporting Textbook Approach

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 Textbook Working Outline Chapter SubjectAssigned Leads 1Introduction & OverviewMoore, Fisher, Geisler 2General SRM Design PrinciplesMcGrath 3Propellant SelectionDavenas? (w/Kuo) 4Grain Design & BallisticsCarr, Black, Gross 5Motor Case DesignAvio (filament winding) 6Thermal Insulation 7Nozzle DesignBerdoyes 8Igniter DesignFisher, Moore 9Motor Manufacturing (incl. Prop.)Avio contribution 10Motor Demonstration & TestNaumann 11Life Cycle/Health Mon/Service LifeFillerup Butch Foster will be lead for sample problems and academic editorial function

SRTC Vice-Chairman Report 11 July 2005 Publishing Through AIAA Fits AIAA Education Series Include sample problems Authors/Editors responsible for public release Submit proposal to AIAA via SRTC Contract POP is 2 years to final manuscript Royalty rate is 10-15% of net profit Education Series texts average 400 pages and $ sale price per copy Textbooks typically produced in 1000-copy runs AIAA secures permission/educational waivers for use of corporate graphics and photos