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Thermal Analysis of the NASA Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring Experiment Technology for X-Vehicles (NITEX)The purpose of this project was to perform a thermal analysis for the NASA Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring (IVHM) Technology Experiment for X-vehicles (NITEX). This electronics package monitors vehicle sensor information in flight and downlinks vehicle health summary information via telemetry. The experiment will be tested on the X-34 in an unpressurized compartment, in the vicinity of one of the vehicle's liquid oxygen tanks. The transient temperature profile for the electronics package has been determined using finite element analysis for possible mission profiles that will most likely expose the package to the most extreme hot and cold environmental conditions. From the analyses, it was determined that temperature limits for the electronics would be exceeded for the worst case cold environment mission profile. The finite element model used for the analyses was modified to examine the use of insulation to address this problem. Recommendations for insulating the experiment for the cold environment are presented, and were analyzed to determine their effect on a nominal mission profile.
Document ID
20030002457
Acquisition Source
Kennedy Space Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Hegab, Hisham E.
(Louisiana Tech Univ. Ruston, LA United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
June 1, 2002
Publication Information
Publication: 2000 Final Administrative Report NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG10-280
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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