a sound suppression system to absorb or deflect acoustic energy generated during a rocket launch. As engine exhaust gasses exceed the speed of sound, they...
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Launch pad (section Sound suppression systems)
rocket exhaust from damaging the vehicle or pad structures, and a sound suppression system spraying large quantities of water may be employed. The pad may...
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the pad, the mobile launcher platform is connected to the larger sound suppression system by large pipes which deliver a deluge of water from an adjacent...
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Rocket (redirect from Rocket and missile system)
180 dB of noise around its base. To combat this, NASA developed a sound suppression system which can flow water at rates up to 900,000 gallons per minute...
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Space Shuttle (redirect from Space Transport System)
2007). "Sound Suppression System". NASA. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved March 22, 2020. Grinter, Kay (August 28, 2000). "Sound Suppression...
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changeout room, a new launch tower with escape system for the shuttle crew members, sound suppression system and water reclamation area and a Shuttle Assembly...
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atop the stack, the mobile launcher platform was fitted with a Sound Suppression System that sprayed 1.1 million litres (290,000 US gal) of water around...
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Active noise control (redirect from Sound suppression)
noise reduction (ANR), is a method for reducing unwanted sound by the addition of a second sound specifically designed to cancel the first. The concept...
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structures on the pad. The LH2, LOX, and water tanks used for the sound suppression system are the only structures left from the Space Shuttle era. In 2014...
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changeout room, a new launch tower with escape system for the shuttle crewmembers, sound suppression system and water reclamation area and a Shuttle Assembly...
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launchpad itself. To further reduce the acoustic effects a water sound suppression system may be also used. During the Apollo program the need for a flame...
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had trouble landing if the flaps had been damaged. An improved sound suppression system was later installed in LC-39A to damp vibrations. Pilot Crippen...
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objectives were achieved. Moreover, modifications of the water sound suppression system at the pad, to absorb the solid rocket booster overpressure wave...
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Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39 (redirect from Apollo Emergency Egress System)
external tank. A Sound Suppression Water System (SSWS) was added to protect the Space Shuttle and its payload from effects of the intense sound wave pressure...
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pad was built without flame diverters, water deluge systems or sound suppression systems, systems commonly used to prevent damage during liftoff. SpaceX's...
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Mixing console (redirect from Sound desk)
electronic device for mixing audio signals, used in sound recording and reproduction and sound reinforcement systems. Inputs to the console include microphones...
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Precedence effect (category Sound)
listeners also perceive one sound; its location is determined by the location of the leading sound. Lag discrimination suppression: for short time delays,...
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Echo suppression and echo cancellation are methods used in telephony to improve voice quality by preventing echo from being created or removing it after...
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Feedback suppressor (redirect from Feedback suppression)
oldest feedback suppression technique dating back to the 1960s. This technique works by introducing a varying shift in frequency to the system response. This...
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Active fire protection (redirect from Suppression of fire)
and/or systems, which require a certain amount of motion and response in order to work, contrary to passive fire protection. Manual fire suppression includes...
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Tinnitus masker (section Suppression vs. masking)
residual inhibition, the temporary suppression of tinnitus in response to particular sound patterns. The mechanism of sound masking can be explained by analogy...
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Saturation diving (redirect from Saturation system)
monitoring and communications equipment Fire suppression systems Sanitation systems The life support system for the bell provides and monitors the main...
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subsonic reaction, whereas a detonation is a supersonic (greater than the sound speed of the material) reaction. Distinguishing between a deflagration or...
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DI unit (category Sound reinforcement system)
electronic device typically used in recording studios and in sound reinforcement systems to connect a high output impedance unbalanced output signal to...
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Muffler (category Exhaust systems)
exhaust gas pressure, engine fuel efficiency and power, as well as noise suppression.[citation needed] A side effect of noise reduction is the restriction...
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through the air-fuel faster than sound; while in deflagration, the flame front travels through the air-fuel slower than sound. Detonations occur in both conventional...
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The Xbox system software is the operating system developed exclusively for Microsoft's Xbox home video game consoles. Across the four generations of Xbox...
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Silencer (firearms) (redirect from Sound suppressors)
There are advantages to using a silencer that are not related to sound suppression. Hunters using centerfire rifles find silencers bring various important...
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A radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) is a system for measuring the atmospheric lapse rate using backscattering of radio waves from an acoustic wave...
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Television transmitter (section The system standard)
signals, the system needs no high power combiners and therefore the price and power consumption is considerably lower than that of split sound system of the...
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