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Aeroheating mapping to thermal model for autonomous aerobraking capability
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Amundsen, Ruth M. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Thermal modeling has been performed to evaluate the potential for autonomous aerobraking of a spacecraft in the atmosphere of a planet. As part of this modeling, the aeroheating flux during aerobraking must be applied to the spacecraft solar arrays to evaluate their thermal response. On the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission, this was done via two separate thermal models and an extensive suite of mapping scripts. That method has been revised, and the thermal analysis of an aerobraking pass can now be accomplished via a single thermal model, using a new capability in the Thermal Desktop software. This capability, Boundary Condition Mapper, has the ability to input heating flux files that vary with time, position on the solar array, and with the skin temperature. A recently added feature to the Boundary Condition Mapper is that this module can also utilize files that describe the variation of aeroheating over the surface with atmospheric density (rather than time); this is the format of the MRO aeroheating files. This capability has allowed a huge streamlining of the MRO thermal process, simplifying the procedure for importing new aeroheating files and trajectory information. The new process, as well as the quantified time savings, is described. |
| File Size | 585673 |
| Page Count | 15 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100030599 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9p31vv1x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-08-16 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Planetary Atmospheres Temperature Distribution Solar Arrays Temperature Effects Aerodynamic Heating Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Boundary Conditions Trajectories Thermal Analysis Autonomy Aerobraking Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
