Centaur in-tank explosion flow fields within STS and Titan 4 payload spaces

Details Centaur in-tank explosion flow fields within STS and Titan 4 payload spaces Centaur in-tank explosion flow fields within STS and Titan 4 payload spaces

Dec 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988rsc..rept.....e&link_type=abstract

Interim Report Fairchild Space Co., Germantown, MD.

Physics

Centaur Launch Vehicle, Explosions, Flow Distribution, Galileo Spacecraft, Liquid Hydrogen, Liquid Oxygen, Propellant Tanks, Thermoelectric Generators, Cryogenics, Dynamic Pressure, Failure, Far Fields, Missile Bodies, Near Fields, Payloads, Titan

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Explosions are examined which result from the mixing of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen (LH2-LO2) such that the reactants are confined by the missile (CBM) body. Explosion which were confined by the ground surface (CBGS) were also studied, with results reported elsewhere. Initial attempts to predict the reported PYRO experimental results were unsuccessful. A new reaction energy addition hypothesis was then developed and tested. The results obtained provide reasonable agreement with the experiments both in the near and far field. Calculations were performed to predict the environment which would occur at the Galileo Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTG) location given a Centaur G' upper stage and an STS launch vehicle. It was concluded that the principle threat to the RTG in this environment would be the impact of a slug of LH2. No analyses were conducted to assess the response of the Galileo RTG to such an environment. It was shown that the flow field resulting from the failure of the Centaur G' tankage was benign. It was concluded that while the cryogen particle velocity was very high, the flow field density was extremely low. As a result, the dynamic pressure was a trivial eight psia.

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