Report of the PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

 

Volume 5 Index

 

Hearings of the Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident: February 26, 1986 to May 2, 1986.

MARCH 21, 1986 SESSION. (part 2 of 2)

 

[1353] [Ref. 3/21-65] Liftoff Measured Strut Loads Versus 51-L Calculated.

 

H-203 LIFTOFF MEASURED STRUT LOADS VERSUS 51-L CALCULATED

STS 1 -> 7

51-L

LIMIT LOAD

STRUCTURAL ELEMENT

MEAN (KIPS)

SIGMA (KIPS)

(KIPS)

(KIPS)

.

P1

ET/ORB

-51

2.6

-48

-131

P2

-46

3.1

-60

-131

P3

163

7.8

92

484

P4

163

7.4

111

481

P5

-541

11.5

-471

-834

P6

-530

13.0

-532

-834

P7

8.2

2.0

13

177

.

P8

ET/SRB

-77

13

-139

-306

P9

138

10

138

393

P10

-116

20

-108

-306

P11

-61

27

-141

-306

P12

125

10

140

393

P13

-118

27

-94

-306

R-8

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