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Braddock, William F.

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NASA NTRS1985

Filament wound data base development, revision 1

The objective was to update the present Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster (SRB) baseline reentry aerodynamic data base and to develop a new reentry data base for the filament wound case SRB along with individual protuberance increments. Lockheed's procedures for performing these tasks are discussed. Free fall of the SRBs after separation from the Space Shuttle Launch Vehicle is completely uncontrolled. However, the SRBs must decelerate to a velocity and attitude that is suitable for parachute deployment. To determine the SRB reentry trajectory parameters, including the rate of deceleration and attitude history during free-fall, engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center are using a six-degree-of-freedom computer program to predict dynamic behavior. Static stability aerodynamic coefficients are part of the information required for input into this computer program. Lockheed analyzed the existing reentry aerodynamic data tape (Data Tape 5) for the current steel case SRB. This analysis resulted in the development of Data Tape 7.

Sharp, R. Scott↗

NASA NTRS1985

Filament wound data base development, revision 1, appendix A

Data are presented in tabular form for the High Performance Nozzle Increments, Filament Wound Case (FWC) Systems Tunnel Increments, Steel Case Systems Tunnel Increments, FWC Stiffener Rings Increments, Steel Case Stiffener Rings Increments, FWC External Tank (ET) Attach Ring Increments, Steel Case ET Attach Ring Increments, and Data Tape 8. The High Performance Nozzle are also presented in graphical form. The tabular data consist of six-component force and moment coefficients as they vary with angle of attack at a specific Mach number and roll angle. The six coefficients are normal force, pitching moment, side force, yawing moment, axial force, and rolling moment. The graphical data for the High Performance Nozzle Increments consist of a plot of a coefficient increment as a function of angle of attack at a specific Mach number and at a roll angle of 0 deg.

Sharp, R. Scott↗

NASA NTRS1985

Filament wound data base development, revision 1, appendix B

The data tape 8 data are presented in tabular form. Each page consists of six-component force and moment coefficients as they vary with angle of attack at a specific Mach number and roll angle. The angle of attack range is from 0 to 180 deg in 5 deg increments. The six coefficients are normal force, pitching moment, side force, yawing moment, axial force, and rolling moment. Each successive page is incremented for roll angle in 45 deg increments for a roll angle range from 0 to 360 deg. The cycle is then repeated for the next Mach number. The Mach numbers in the data base are 0.4, 0.5, 0.55, 0.6, 0.7, 0.8, 0.9, 0.95, 1.05, 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.96, 2.5, 3.0, and 3.48.

Sharp, R. Scott↗