In-flight Load Testing of Advanced Shuttle Thermal Protection Systems1983 - 13 pages |
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advanced flexible reusable advanced thermal protection advanced TPS flight AFRSI test article Ames Research Center base for future butt joint Baseline Dryden Flight Research elliptically shaped nose F-104 aircraft felt reusable surface FIBERGLASS PANEL flexible reusable surface Flight Research Facility Flight Test Fixture flow field FRSI and AFRSI fuselage IN-FLIGHT LOAD TESTING In-house AFRSI inner mold line installed joint Baseline AFRSI lb/ft² left test articles line IML lock stitch loose threads Mach number mold line OML NASA Ames Research NC NC NC outer mold line oz/yd² performance of FRSI pressure orifices protection systems TPS provide a data reusable surface insulation room-temperature vulcanizing RTV spots shown in Fig Shuttle launch Shuttle orbiter SHUTTLE THERMAL PROTECTION sideslip silica felt silica style simulated launch airloads Space Shuttle standard aminosilane finish surface insulation AFRSI test approach TESTING OF ADVANCED thermal cycling thermal protection systems thick TPS flight test transducer uplink guidance system wind-tunnel x/c Fig