College
College of Engineering and Polymer Science
Date of Last Revision
2025-05-09 09:08:54
Major
Aerospace Systems Engineering
Honors Course
AESE 497- Aerospace Honors Project
Number of Credits
2
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Date of Expected Graduation
Spring 2025
Abstract
Historically, the Akronauts Rocket Design Team builds and launches two-stage rockets that rely on black powder charges as a way of stage-separation. With a hot-staging module, the second stage is ignited while still connected to the first stage, and the thrust from the second stage induces separation. To prevent rotation of the sustainer during the booster stage, the sustainer motor and fins will be axially interlocked with the module in a similar manner to the Akronauts’ previous stage separation modules. This method would reduce the number of failure modes and reduce the number of components required for stage separation. This Hot Staging Module will be designed within the team, and a CFD simulation analysis will be performed to validate and optimize this module for flight.
Research Sponsor
Dr. Manigandan Kannan
First Reader
Dr. Guo-Xiang Wang
Second Reader
Lukas Seggi
Honors Faculty Advisor
Dr. Scott Sawyer
Proprietary and/or Confidential Information
No
Recommended Citation
Whitman, Nanami and Montano-Lobe, Daniel, "HOT STAGING MODULE FOR MULTISTAGE ROCKETS" (2025). Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects. 2031.
https://ideaexchange.uakron.edu/honors_research_projects/2031