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Solid Rocket Motors

Thiokol Corporation

TECHNICAL

EVALUATION MOTOR NO. 7 (TEM-07)

INTERIM

8 February

REPORT (60

day)

1991

Prepared for:

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION

GEORGE C. MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

MARSHALL SPACE FUGHT CENTER, ALABAMA 35S12

Contract No.

NAS8-30490

DR. No.

5-3

WBS.No,

HQ601-20-10

ECS No.

1028

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SPACE

PO

Box

CORPORATION

OPERATIONS

707,

Brigham

C;ty,

UT

84302-0707

(801)

863-3511

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Technical

Evaluation

Motor

No.

7

Interim

Report

(60

day)

Prepared

Systems

Approved

Certification

Planning

(TEM-07)

by:

Engineer

by:

_eer

Supervisor

Data

ECS#

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Major

contributors

to

this

report

were:

Instrumentation:

D.

South

Case/Leak

T.

Swauger,

R.

Ash,

Insulation:

J.

Passman,

S.

Manz

Nozzle:

R.

George,

R.

Lange,

Systems:

C.

Prokop,

K.

Rees

Properties:

A.

Drendel

R.

Buttars,

M.

Fairbourn,

J.

Curry

C.

Larsen

Joint

Check/Seals:

Protection

Ballistics/Mass

Aero/Thermal:

Structural

Postfire

Photo

Analysis:

Hardware

Instrumentation:

Evaluation:

E.

G.

Mathias,

D.

F.

Abawi

Weiler

D.

Ruddell

Bright

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ABSTRACT

Technical

Evaluation

Motor

No.

7

(TEM-7)

was

a full

scale,

duration

static

test

firing

of

a high

performance

motor

configuration

solid

rocket

motor

(SRM)

with

nozzle

vectoring.

static

test

fire

occurred

on

II

December

1990

at

the

Corporation

This

Static

interim

results

hardware

in

time

Included

performance,

objectives

Evaluation

test'report

available

activities

to

support

after

the

submitted

Test

no

T-97.

documents

the

procedures,

performance

and

through

22

January

1991.

Critical

post

test

and

assessment

of

test

data

are

not

complete

a complete

final

test

report

submittal

60

days

test

date.

later

than

are

Bay

full(HPM)

The

Thiokol

A

complete

19 .April

1991.

a

presentation

anomalies,

and

outlined

in CTP-OI07

Motor

No.

7 (TEM-07)

and

test

final

test

report

discussion

of

result

concurrence

Revision

Static

A,'Space

Fire

Test

Shuttle

Plan.

will

be

the

TEM-7

with

the

Technical

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CONTENTS

Pa_gg_

Section

1.0

INTRODUCTION

I.I

TEST

1.2

TEST

1.2

1

1.22

1.23

1.24

1.25

1.26

1.27

1.28

Case/Seals

..................

Internal

Insulation/Liner/Inhibitor

Propellant

..................

Ignition

System

...............

Nozzle/TVC

..................

Leak

Check

Port

Plugs

............

Adjustable

Vent

Port

Plugs

..........

Joint

Protection

System

...........

2.0

TEST

3.0

EXECUTIVE

4.0

INSTRUMENTATION

4.1

INTRODUCTION

4.1

5.0

6.0

OBJECTIVES

3

3

4

12

.....

13

13

13

19

19

19

....................

SUMMARY

20

...................

22

....................

...................

23

23

...................

23

OBSERVATIONS

PHOTOGRAPHY

1

......................

ARRANGEMENT

AND

FACILITIES

..........

ARTICLE

DESCRIPTION

.............

.............

24

STILL

MOTION

.................

..................

24

24

TEST

6.1

6.1.1

6.1.2

RESULTS

......................

CASE

PERFORMANCE

.................

Introduction

.................

Observations

.................

6.2

CASE

INTERNAL

INSULATION

PERFORMANCE

.......

6 2.1

Introduction

.................

6 2.2

Observations

.................

6 3

SEALS/LEAK

CHECK

PERFORMANCE

...........

6 3.1

Introduction

.................

27

27

27

27

29

29

29

36

36

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

6

37

43

43

43

46

47

48

48

48

52

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6

PHOTOGRAPHY

PICTURES

.........

5.!

5.2

3.2

Observations

4

NOZZLE

ASSEMBLY

4.1

Introduction

4.2

Observations

.........

o ........

PERFORMANCE

............

.................

.................

4.3

TEM-07

Nozzle

Strain

Gage

Response

4.4

Nozzle

TVC

Performance

............

5

IGNITION

SYSTEM

PERFORMANCE

............

5.1

Introduction

.................

5.2

Observations

.................

6

JOINT

PROTECTION

SYSTEMS

PERFORMANCE

6.1

Introduction

.................

6.2

Observations

.................

Summary

.......

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