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Rocket test at ATK in Utah

Several rocket tests like this one were performed to better understand the damage caused to rockets by acoustic "crackle".

Thesis Cover

ASA Article

This is my citation from when I presented at the ASA conference in the rocket noise session.

Rocket test at ATK in Utah

Several rocket tests like this one were performed to better understand the damage caused to rockets by acoustic "crackle".

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Statistical Analysis of Noise From Solid Rocket Motors-MatLab

This was my physics thesis at BYU.
It is a statistical analysis of noise data from various-sized solid propellant rocket motors.
I personally programmed the analysis in MatLab.
Non-Gaussian features of the data were explored by calculating probability density functions (PDF) of the data, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis.
This was the first time this type of analysis was done for both the pressure waveform and its time derivative.
Rocket nozzle exit diameters ranged from 0.13m to 1.22m.
This revealed the formation of acoustic shocks within the noise.
Presented these results at the Acoustical Society of America.