NASA NTRS · 19890055876
Aerobrake heating rate sensitivity study for the Aeroassist Flight Experiment (AFE)
Abstract
The sensitivities associated with the prediction of the Aeroassist Flight Experiment (AFE) vehicle's aerothermodynamic environment are presently evaluated in order to assess the heating-rate uncertainties of the AFE's aerobrake component, as a function of time in various trajectories, and as a function of distance around the aerobrake. Relative importance is evaluated by means of the Boundary Layer Integral Matrix Procedure for such areas of uncertainty as the trajectory parameters, the catalycity of the thermal-protection tiles, the nose radius variation/surface pressure distribution, and viscous interaction effects.
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Rochelle, W. C., Ting, P. C., Mueller, S. R., Colovin, J. E., Bouslog, S. A., Curry, D. M., Scott, C. D.. 1989-06-01. Aerobrake heating rate sensitivity study for the Aeroassist Flight Experiment (AFE). https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19890055876
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