NASA/TM-210880, Rieckhoff, T.J. and Covan*, M. and O'Farrell*, J.M., Photographic Analysis Technique for Assessing External Tank Foam Loss Events , George C. Marshall Space Flight Center Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama 35812, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, DC 20546-0001, Prepared for Vehicle and Systems Development Department, Space Transportation Directorate, *United, June 2001, pp. 52, Format(s): PDF 35755k |
A video camera and recorder were placed inside the solid rocket booster forward skirt in order to view foam loss events over an area on the external tank (ET) intertank surface. In this Technical Memorandum, a method of processing video images to allow rapid detection of permanent changes indicative of foam loss events on the ET surface was defined and applied to accurately count, categorize, and locate such events.
| Keywords: | photographic analysis, image processing, solid rocket booster, thermal protection system (tps), divots, feature recognition |
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| Subjects: | Engineering: Instrumentation and Photography: Data Recording |
| ID Code: | 570 |
| Deposited On: | 01 August 2002 |