<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Clancy, H M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ehret, R M</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1457. Development of a New Weight Saving Tile Material for the Shuttle Orbiter</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">41st Annual Conference, San Jose, California, May 17-19</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18. Weight Engineering - Spacecraft Design</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1982</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5/17/82</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.sawe.org/store/product_info.php?products_id=40204</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Society of Allied Weight Engineers, Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">San Jose, California</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">6</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Space Shuttle vehicle has been developed to provide an economical means for placing payloads and personnel into low earth orbits. The Shuttle Orbiter is launched, orbits and re-enters like a spacecraft but lands like an airplane. Its structure is similar to conventional aircraft but with the addition of a sophisticated Thermal Protection System (TPS) bonded to its aluminum skins to maintain their temperature below 350F. The challenge of the program has been the development of a lightweight reusable TPS capable of surviving 100 flights. The major portion of the TPS consists of 31,000 pure silica tiles two densities, nine (LI-900) and twenty two pounds (LI-2200) per cubic foot. Approximately 2000 of the LI-2200 tiles are used around TPS penetrations like the landing gear doors to resist the high loads imposed by door actuation. A study of TPS weight reduction potential was initiated in 1976 with the participation of NASA-Ames, Lockheed Missiles and Space Co., Inc. and Rockwell International Space Division. The first TPS weight reduction item t o be implemented is a new tile material called Fibrous Refractory Composite Insulation (FRCI-12) which will replace about 85% of the LI-2200 tile. The new tile material is both stronger and lighter (at 12 PCF) and will result in a 945 pound weight saving on Orbiter vehicle OV-103 and subs. The development, qualification and implement of this new tile material are presented.</style></abstract><work-type><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18. WEIGHT ENGINEERING - SPACECRAFT DESIGN</style></work-type><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1457</style></accession-num><custom1><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Non-Member Price: $10.00. Members may download this paper for free. &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/dms&quot;&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;. (Login Required. See SAWE &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sawe.org/faq&quot;&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/a&gt;.)</style></custom1></record></records></xml>