The Orion Crew Module is a component of NASA’s Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle that will be used for future missions to low Earth orbit and beyond. Ten water impact tests of the Orion Ground Test Article (GTA) were conducted at the Hydro Impact Basin at NASA Langley Research Center in 2016 and were designed to provide data for the validation of the LS-DYNA model used to determine the Crew Module structural loads during ocean splashdown, and the determination of an acceptable Model Uncertainty Factor to apply to simulation results used to drive the design. Post-test data obtained from the onboard sensors were used to reconstruct the GTA trajectories both before and after water impact. Results from one vertical test and two swing tests are presented and compared to videos taken for each test.
Trajectory Reconstruction of Orion Ground Test Article Water Impact Tests
AIAA SciTech 2018 ; 2018 ; Kissimmee, FL, United States
08.01.2018
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Englisch
Trajectory Reconstruction of Orion Ground Test Article Water Impact Tests (AIAA 2018-0015)
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2018
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