A fully reusable Space Shuttle configuration has been analyzed during ascent flight to determine its response to atmospheric turbulence. Propellant sloshing, gust penetration, and automatic control system effects were included. The steady-state aerodynamic method of Woodward was used to derive the generalized aerodynamic forces, using the standard quasi-steady assumption. Aerodynamic interference effects between adjacent wings and bodies were found to be significant, with symmetric responses generally higher than antisymmetric. The stability augmentation system tended to lower booster response while increasing orbiter response. Loads due to 9 m/s quasi-square-wave gusts were considerably higher than the 3 sigma random turbulence loads. The elastic portion of the response accounted for about 15% of the total wing load in the discrete gust analysis, while in the random case the elastic effect was small.


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    Title :

    Space Shuttle response to atmospheric turbulence.


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Dynamics Specialists Conference ; 1973 ; Williamsburg, VA


    Publication date :

    1973-03-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English


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