Rocket Simulator

Overview

The task on RockSim was to design, build, and test a three-stage rocket that was capable of carrying a climate-sensing device into the air. This was all to be done virtually on the software RockSim and was separate from the work preparing and testing the final rocket project of the week. The only requirements for this assignment were that the rocket was made up of three stages and that it could launch a climate-sensing device. The climate-sensing device part of the simulation was included to simulate the use of the databot that the rocket carried in the overall project for the week. It was a challenge to get to the final design because we had to learn how to operate RockSim and to optimize all of the details for each part of the rocket in order to make the rocket as functional as possible with the best possible flight results. After many trials and rocket re-designs we made a successful rocket design with three stage launches and a soft parachute landing back on the ground.

This chart shows the results of the flight simulation of the virtual rocket. This information displays the maximum values for each data point and provides crucial data to prove the success of the rocket.

This is the model of the rocket that displays all of the components of the rocket. The three stages of the rocket are shown with each of their engines as well as the transitions that connect the body tubes and all of the components inside of the sustainer part of the rocket (the top section with the nose cone). The mass object near the nose cone (simulation of the databot) is also shown as well as the center of gravity (black circle) above the center of pressure (red circle).

These simulation results prove that the parachute landing of the rocket was successful, meaning that the rocket successfully carried the climate-sensing device back to safety upon landing.

3D model rendering of the virtual rocket, all three stages of the rocket are shown and it displays how the rocket would appear on the outside to viewers.

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This is the virtual simulation of the rocket on RockSim. The video shows all three stages of the rocket deploying and each stage successfully ejecting after boosting. 3 seconds after the final boost, the video shows how the parachute deploys and the rocket successfully falls slowly back to the ground with the climate-sensing device inside. This video shows the success of the virtual rocket because it follows all the guidelines and is very functional and efficient.

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