Prediction of aerodynamic heating and pressures on Shuttle Entry Air Data System (SEADS) nose cap and comparison with STS-61C flight dataResults are presented from predictions of aerothermodynamic heating rates, temperatures, and pressures on the surface of the Shuttle Entry Air Data System (SEADS) nosecap during Orbiter reentry. These results are compared with data obtained by the first actual flight of the SEADS system aboard STS-61C. The data also used to predict heating rates and surface temperatures for a hypothetical Transatlantic Abort Landing entry trajectory, whose analysis involved ascertaining the increases in heating rate as the airstream flowed across regions of the lower surface catalycity carbon/carbon composite to the higher surface catalycity columbium pressure ports.
Document ID
19890066979
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ting, Paul C. (Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Houston, TX, United States)
Rochelle, William C. (Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Houston, TX, United States)
Curry, Donald M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)