The Columbia accident has focused attention on the critical need for on-orbit repair concepts for wing leading edges in the event that potentially catastrophic damage is incurred during Space Shuttle Orbiter flight. The leading edge of the space shuttle wings consists of a series of eleven panels on each side of the orbiter. These panels are fabricated from reinforced carbon-carbon (RCC) which is a light weight composite with attractive strength at very high temperatures. This paper reports one large area repair concept referred to as metallic overwrap.


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    Title :

    Metallic Concepts for Repair of Reinforced Carbon-Carbon Space Shuttle Leading Edges


    Contributors:
    F. Ritzert (author) / J. Nesbitt (author)

    Publication date :

    2007


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English