Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System Analysis and Verification. Phase 1. Destruct System Analysis and Verification

Abstract

The planned Duplex Command Destruct System (one linear-shaped charge (LSC) on each solid rocket booster (SRB) was analyzed for destruct effectiveness at all times of flight and for unintentional separation of one SRB of the Orbiter. The destruct system was found to be only marginally effective in destructing the external tank (ET) and dispersing the propellants for the first 50 seconds of flight. Further, inadvertent separation of one SRB results in cluster (SRB/ET/Orbiter) breakup within as little as 5 seconds, rendering the SRB mounted destruct system ineffective for destructing the ET.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103453

Entities

People

  • A. J. Gorechlad
  • D. L. Lehto
  • J. M. Ward
  • N. L. Coleburn
  • W. M. Hinckley

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Blast
  • Blast Loads
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Computer Programs
  • Dynamic Pressure
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Geometry
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Testing
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressure Distribution
  • Rocket Engines
  • Three Dimensional
  • Two Dimensional
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster