Accession Number:

AD0856553

Title:

Development Test of Z100 FLSC Cutter Assembly with Dual Titanium Straps.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

MCDONNELL CO ST LOUIS MO

Personal Author(s):

• Farnsworth, Craig W.

Report Date:

1967-07-19

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

Five tests were performed to demonstrate that the existing flexible linear shaped charge cutter assembly that was qualified during the NASA Gemini program can adequately separate the Gemini B configuration of dual spacecraft to adapter titanium tension straps, wire bundle, and fluid filled aluminum tubes after exposure to environmental conditions. Author

Descriptors:

• *MANNED SPACECRAFT
• SHAPED CHARGES
• SHAPED CHARGES
• RELIABILITY
• SEPARATION
• TITANIUM
• FASTENINGS
• ELECTRIC CABLES
• ALUMINUM
• PIPES
• ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS

Subject Categories:

• Ammunition and Explosives
• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE