A parametric sensitivity analysis of the space shuttle ascent flight to the wind profile is presented. Engineering systems parameters are obtained by flight simulations using wind profile models and samples of detailed (Jimsphere) wind profile measurements. The wind models used are the synthetic vector wind model, with and without the design gust, and a model of the vector wind change with respect to time. From these comparison analyses an insight is gained on the contribution of winds to ascent subsystems flight parameters.
Sensitivity Analysis of the Space Shuttle to Ascent Wind Profiles
1982
21 pages
Report
No indication
English
Manned Spacecraft , Dynamic Meteorology , Climbing flight , Flight conditions , Flight simulation , Space shuttles , Spacecraft launching , Wind effects , Wind profiles , Computerized simulation , Dynamic response , Flight control , Gust loads , Gusts , Jimsphere balloons , Meteorology , Pitch (Inclination) , Rawinsondes , Sensitivity , Statistical analysis , Wind shear , Wind velocity , Yaw
Space Shuttle response to ascent wind profiles
NTRS | 1983
|Space Shuttle response to ascent wind profiles
AIAA | 1983
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