Late in the development of the Space Shuttle thermal protection system (TPS), a major problem was encountered with the attachment of the tiles to the spacecraft's exterior skin. To insure an adequate margin, each tile had to be proof tested. The risk of damaging a tile during proof test was quite high. For this reason, an acoustic emission system was developed and used in conjunction with the proof test to insure no significant damage occurred.


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    Titel :

    Acoustic emission monitoring of Space Shuttle tiles


    Beteiligte:
    Castner, W. L. (Autor:in) / Crockett, L. K. (Autor:in) / Sugg, F. E. (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.1985


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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