Test Stand Design and Environments Program (TSD_ENV)

Plumetech

Huntsville, AL

• PC-based program to analyze the environment of rocket exhaust plumes
• Performs a wide range of plume environment analyses for various rocket engine test stands and vehicles

• Fully integrated package utilizing IC techniques, graphical input/output and user-learning techniques
• Being used for Space Shuttle, launch vehicle, and propulsion development efforts at Stennis Space Center and Marshall Space Center

• The product line is known as MegaPlus II
• Markets for the MegaPlus II product line include ophthalmology, flat panel inspection, digital radiography, microscopy, and industrial inspection
• Full frame sensors are used in applications that require very high quantum efficiency or superior near IR response
• The multispectral camera line has strong applications in food inspection

• NASA has used the Test Stand and Environment Program to perform a wide range of plume environment analysis for various test/launch stands, launch vehicles, and spacecraft
• The technology is currently being used in the development of the Crew Launch Vehicle and the Crew Exploration Vehicle. TSD_ENV was used to support NASA’s CONTOUR Mishap Investigation

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Curator: SBIR Support               12/08/08