A summary of the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy and the use of digital high speed photography in the accident investigation and NASA's Return-to-Flight effort

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5580, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Pereira, J Michael ^a   Melis, Matthew E ^a   Revilock, Duane M ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital; High speed; Impact testing; Photography

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL FUEL TANK (ET); ORBITER; REINFORCED CARBON-CARBON (RCC); THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEM;

BALLISTICS; BOOSTERS (ROCKET); HIGH SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY; IMPACT TESTING; ORBITS; PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS; SOLID PROPELLANTS;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 23244433053     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.579291     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (9)

1. Gehman, H. W. et al, "Columbia Accident Investigation Board." Volume l, US Government Printing Office, Washington D.C., August 2003.
2. th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
3. th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
4. th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
5. th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
6. th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
7. Gabrys, J., Schatz, J., Carney, K., Melis, M., Fasanella, E., Lyle, K., "The Use of LS-DYNA in the Columbia Accident Investigation and Return to Flight Activities." Proceedings of the 8th International LS-DYNA Users Conference, Dearborn MI, May 2-4, 2004.
8. Schmidt, T., Tyson, J., Galanulis, K., "Full-Field Dynamic Displacement and Strain Measurement Using Advanced 3D Image Correlation Photogrammetry." Experimental Techniques, Vol.27, No.3, pp.41-44, May/June 2003.
9. Lee, M., Precht, M., Tyson, J., Schmidt, T., "Application of 3D Measurement System with CCD Camera in Microelectronics." Advanced Packaging, November 2003.