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High-Speed Observer: Automated Streak Detection for the Aerospike Engine

NASA/TM-210879, Rieckhoff, T.J. and Covan*, M.A. and O'Farrell*, J.M., High-Speed Observer: Automated Streak Detection for the Aerospike Engine , George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 35812, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001, Prepared for Vehicle and Systems Development Department, Space Transportation Directorate, *United, June 2001, pp. 28, Format(s): PDF 23064k

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A high-frame-rate digital video camera, installed on test stands at Stennis Space Center (SSC), has been used to capture images of the aerospike engine plume during test. These plume images are processed in real time to detect and differentiate anomalous plume events. Results indicate that the High-Speed Observer (HSO) system can detect anomalous plume streaking events that are indicative of aerospike engine malfunction.
Keywords:high-speed photography, photographic analysis, aerospike, engine streaks, image processing
Subjects:Engineering: Instrumentation and Photography: Data Recording
ID Code:565
Deposited On:02 August 2002