Experimental study of acoustic reduction technique for H3 launch vehicle

Abstract

A subscale Acoustic test, the H3-scaled Acoustic Reduction Experiments (HARE), was conducted to predict liftoff acoustic environments of the H3 launch vehicle currently being developed in Japan. The HARE is based on 2.5% scale H3 vehicle models, which is composed with a GOX/GH2 engine and solid rocket motors, Movable Launcher (ML) models with upper deck water injection system and Launch Pad (LP) models with deflector and lower deck water injection systems. Approximately 20 instruments measured far/near field acoustic and pressure data. Last year the results of the first campaign of the HARE, which aims at understanding the effects of elevation, the shape of ML, were presented. This year, the results of the second campaign which aims at studying the effects of acoustic reduction techniques such as acoustic shields and water injection will be presented.