Metallic Thermal Protection System
| Venue: | the 40 th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 14 – 17, 2002/ Reno NV |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Concepts_metallicthermal,
author = {Technology Development Concepts and John T. Dorsey and John T. Dorsey and Carl C. Poteet and Carl C. Poteet and Roger R. Chen and Roger R. Chen and Kathryn E. Wurster and Kathryn E. Wurster},
title = {Metallic Thermal Protection System},
booktitle = {the 40 th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, January 14 – 17, 2002/ Reno NV},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
A technology development program was conducted to evolve an earlier metallic thermal protection system (TPS) panel design, with the goals of: improving operations features, increasing adaptability (ease of attaching to a variety of tank shapes and structural concepts), and reducing weight. The resulting Adaptable Robust Metallic Operable Reusable (ARMOR) TPS system incorporates a high degree of design flexibility (allowing weight and operability to be traded and balanced) and can also be easily integrated with a large variety of tank shapes, airframe structural arrangements and airframe structure/material concepts. An initial attempt has been made to establish a set of performance based TPS design requirements. A set of general (FARtype) requirements have been proposed, focusing on defining categories that must be included for a comprehensive design. Load cases required for TPS design must reflect the full flight envelope, including a comprehensive set of limit loads. However, including additional loads, such as ascent abort trajectories, as ultimate load cases, and on-orbit debris/micro-meteoroid hypervelocity impact, as one of the discrete-source-damage load cases, will have a significant impact on system design and resulting performance, reliability and operability. Although *Senior Research Engineer, Metals and Thermal Structures Branch, Mail Stop 396, Senior Member Research Engineer, Metals and Thermal Structures Branch, Mail Stop 396.
Keyphrases
metallic thermal protection system tank shape thermal structure branch mail stop airframe structure material concept discrete-source-damage load case tps design system design high degree design flexibility operation feature additional load significant impact on-orbit debris micro-meteoroid hypervelocity impact ascent abort trajectory ultimate load case large variety load case full flight envelope senior member research engineer structural concept tps system airframe structural arrangement tps design requirement comprehensive set initial attempt comprehensive design senior research engineer adaptable robust metallic operable reusable panel design limit load technology development program
