The Apollo Mission employs more than 210 pyrotechnic devices per mission.These devices are either automatic of commanded from the Apollo spacecraft systems. All devices require high reliability and safety and most are classified as either crew safety critical or mission critical. Pyrotechnic devices have a wide variety of applications including: launch escape tower separation, separation rocket ignition, parachute deployment and release and electrical circuit opening and closing. This viewgraph presentation identifies critical performance, design requirements and safety measures used to ensure quality, reliability and performance of Apollo pyrotechnic/explosive devices. The major components and functions of a typical Apollo pyrotechnic/explosive device are listed and described (initiators, cartridge assemblies, detonators, core charges). The presentation also identifies the major locations and uses for the devices on: the Command and Service Module, Lunar Module and all stages of the launch vehicle.
Apollo Spacecraft and Saturn V Launch Vehicle Pyrotechnics/Explosive Devices
2009
45 pages
Report
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Space Launch Vehicles & Support Equipment , Apollo spacecraft , Saturn 5 launch vehicles , Pyrotechnics , Explosive devices , Aerospace systems , Systems engineering , Reliability , Safety management , Performance , Design analysis , Spacecraft design , Command service modules , Launch vehicles , Lunar module
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