Preflight Transient Dynamic Analyses of B-52 Aircraft Carrying Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop-Test Vehicle

Ko, William L. and Schuster, Lawrence S. (1984) Preflight Transient Dynamic Analyses of B-52 Aircraft Carrying Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster Drop-Test Vehicle. Technical Report NASA TM-84925, Research Engineering, NASA Dryden Flight Research Center.

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Abstract

This paper concerns the transient dynamic analysis of the B-52 aircraft carrying the Space Shuttle solid-rocket booster drop-test vehicle (SRB/DTV). The NASA structural analysis (NASTRAN) finite-element computer program was used in the analysis. The B-52 operating conditions considered for analysis were 1) landing and 2) braking on aborted takeoff runs. The transient loads for the B-52 pylon front and rear hooks were calculated. The results can be used to establish the safe maneuver envelopes for the B-52 carrying the SRB/DTV in landings and brakings.

EPrint Type:	NASA Technical Memorandum
Keywords:	B-52 landing and brakings, B-52 pylon hook loads, NASTRAN transient dynamic analysis
Subjects:	Aircraft/Project: B-52 (31 - 39) Engineering: (39) Structural Mechanics Aircraft/Project: Space Shuttle Orbiter
ID Code:	619
Deposited On:	01 Febuary 2006
Additional Information:	17 pages. This paper was presented at the AIAA 2nd Flight Test Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, November 16-18, 1983.