Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION
on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident
Volume 5 Index
Hearings of the Presidential
Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 26,
1986 to May 2, 1986.
MARCH 21, 1986 SESSION. (part 2 of
2)
[1383] [Ref. 3/21-82 2 of
2] Method.
METHOD
- TWO-DIMENSIONAL DETAILED THERMAL
MODEL
- CIRCUMFERENTIAL SLICE BETWEEN THE
PINS
- ONE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW WITH
SPREADING
- THREE-DIMENSIONAL THERMAL MODEL
- 90 DEGREE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SEGMENT WITH
PINS
- TWO-DIMENSIONAL FLOW
- BOTH MODELS INCLUDE:
- INTERNAL FLOW ENVIRONMENT
- EXTERNAL AERODYNAMIC ENVIRONMENT
- STEEL MELTING AND RECESSION
- NBR/PUTTY ABLATION AND RECESSION
- SIMPLIFIED INTERNAL FLOW
CALCULATION
- FULLY COUPLED THERMAL-FLOW ANALYSIS
(IN-WORK)
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