Magazine Article

Tracking Debris Shed by a Space-Shuttle Launch Vehicle

TBMG-5675

09/01/2009

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The DEBRIS software predicts the trajectories of debris particles shed by a space-shuttle launch vehicle during ascent, to aid in assessing potential harm to the space-shuttle orbiter and crew. The user specifies the location of release and other initial conditions for a debris particle. DEBRIS tracks the particle within an overset grid system by means of a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation of the local flow field and a ballistic simulation that takes account of the mass of the particle and its aerodynamic properties in the flow field. The computed particle trajectory is stored in a file to be postprocessed by other software for viewing and analyzing the trajectory.

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"Tracking Debris Shed by a Space-Shuttle Launch Vehicle," Mobility Engineering, September 1, 2009.
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Sep 1, 2009
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TBMG-5675
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English