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Independent orbiter assessment (ioa): analysis of the manned maneuvering unit
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Bailey, P. S. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Results of the Independent Orbiter Assessment (IOA) of the Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Critical Items List (CIL) are presented. The IOA approach features a top-down analysis of the hardware to determine failure modes, criticality, and potential critical items (PCIs). To preserve indepedence, this analysis was accomplished without reliance upon the results contained within the NASA FMEA/CIL documentation. This report documents the independent analysis results corresponding to the Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) hardware. The MMU is a propulsive backpack, operated through separate hand controllers that input the pilot's translational and rotational maneuvering commands to the control electronics and then to the thrusters. The IOA analysis process utilized available MMU hardware drawings and schematics for defining hardware subsystems, assemblies, components, and hardware items. Final levels of detail were evaluated and analyzed for possible failure modes and effects. Criticality was assigned based upon the worst case severity of the effect for each identified failure mode. The IOA analysis of the MMU found that the majority of the PCIs identified are resultant from the loss of either the propulsion or control functions, or are resultant from inability to perform an immediate or future mission. The five most severe criticalities identified are all resultant from failures imposed on the MMU hand controllers which have no redundancy within the MMU. |
| File Size | 4512076 |
| Page Count | 176 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900001597 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t0dv6f056 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-11-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Space Transportation Controllers Component Reliability Manned Maneuvering Units Redundancy Spacecraft Reliability Failure Modes Propulsive Efficiency Aerospace Safety Assessments Maneuvers Space Shuttle Orbiters Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
