Space Shuttle Range Safety Command Destruct System Analysis and Verification. Phase 3. Breakup of Space Shuttle Cluster Via Range Safety Command Destruct System

Abstract

The Triplex Destruct System (LCS's on each SRB and on ET) was analyzed for effectiveness for the entire ascent portion of the flight. LSC size/placements were established, LOX/LH2 vent times were predicted, SRB depressurization times were calculated, and SRB/ET/Orbiter structural breakup pattern and times were determined. Further, debris weight and aerodynamic characteristics are presented for use in future hazard analyses.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA103530

Entities

People

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

Organizations

  • Naval Ordnance Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerodynamic Characteristics
  • Blast
  • Booster Rocket Engines
  • Combustion
  • Explosions
  • Explosives
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Mach Number
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Mechanics
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Pressurization
  • Propellants
  • Rocket Engines
  • Tensile Strength
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Aerospace Engineering.
  • Rocket Propulsion.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris