A simulation-based risk assessment approach is presented and is applied to the analysis of abort during the ascent phase of a space exploration mission. The approach utilizes groupings of launch vehicle failures, referred to as failure bins, which are mapped to corresponding failure environments. Physical models are used to characterize the failure environments in terms of the risk due to blast overpressure, resulting debris field, and the thermal radiation due to a fireball. The resulting risk to the crew is dynamically modeled by combining the likelihood of each failure, the severity of the failure environments as a function of initiator and time of the failure, the robustness of the crew module, and the warning time available due to early detection. The approach is shown to support the launch vehicle design process by characterizing the risk drivers and identifying regions where failure detection would significantly reduce the risk to the crew.


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    Title :

    Simulation Assisted Risk Assessment Applied to Launch Vehicle Conceptual Design


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    2008 Reliability and Maintainability Symposium ; 2008 ; Las Vegas, NV, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-01-28


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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