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To: S. maltophilia who wrote (603)7/1/2003 10:45:03 AM
From: Yogizuna  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 627
 
I wish I could help you more on this subject, but these kinds of calculations are not in my area of expertise...

From the video of the event, it appears the broken off foam is traveling fairly fast, fast enough in my opinion to cause at least some damage, probably just enough to let hot gasses into the wing and cause it to eventually fail...
Just my honest opinion at this point of course.



To: S. maltophilia who wrote (603)9/1/2003 5:50:03 PM
From: Bill Jackson  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 627
 
Khalil, Remember that foam will break off and enter a jet stream of several thousand miles per hour. It will be subjected to extreme drag on the order of 50+ gees and will be expected to reach a large speed differential to the accelerating shuttle in a fraction of a second. I would expect a speed of 500+ mph to be quite within reach as an impact velocity.

Bill


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