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HOT SHOT findings could save defense tech developers time and money

August 30, 2019 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An early milestone for developing missile technologies is to show they can work in computer-simulations or large-scale field tests that shake and spin components without falling to pieces. “Screws can back out; things can break,” said Greg Tipton, a structural dynamics engineer at Sandia National Laboratories. Similar...

Categories: Science / Technology / Engineering, Space / Astronomy

Topics: HOT SHOT, large-scale testing, sounding rocket, technology maturation, vibration

High-speed experiments improve hypersonic flight predictions

May 2, 2019 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — When traveling at five times the speed of sound or faster, the tiniest bit of turbulence is more than a bump in the road, said the Sandia National Laboratories aerospace engineer who for the first time characterized the vibrational effect of the pressure field beneath one of...

Categories: Awards, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: hypersonic, large-scale testing, pressure, pressure-sensitive paint, Sandia National Laboratories, turbulence, vibration