Kelley, Robert L.

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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• JSC Debris Assessment Software (DAS)
• Developed to assist NASA programs in performing orbital debris assessments 
• Able to evaluate compliance with many of the requirements in NSS 8719.14
• Reentry Survivability Analysis in DAS can be accessed in 2 ways
1. As one item in an overall assessment of a project’s compliance with NSS 8719.14
• Provides Debris Casualty Area (DCA) and Risk
• Inclination and Parent Objects flow down from Mission Editor
2. As a separate routine under the Science and Engineering menu
• Provides DCA only
• Runs separate from Mission Editor 
• All data provided by user at run time
• DAS can only asses the risk associated with uncontrolled reentry
• DAS’s Reentry Survivability Tool is intended as “1st Cut” Assessment Tool
• Provides somewhat conservative results
• Will classify all missions which clearly do not satisfy the requirement non-compliant
• May also classify some mission which  are borderline  non-compliant
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Assumptions:
Uses temperature dependent material properties for 77 common materials
• Allows user to define additional materials as needed
Includes aerodynamic and heating equations for 4 simple shapes
• Sphere        •          Cylinder
• Flat Plate  •          Box
Parent Object is assumed to break apart at 78 km, exposing 1st level of fragments
• DAS permits 3 levels of fragmentation after the 78 km Parent body break up
Fragments always begin with a temperature of 300 K 
• Only inherits trajectory state vectors from the parents
Uses lumped mass thermal model
• No partial ablation means the DCA for an object is either 0 (demised) or the usual product of 
initial dimensions
DCA for each object is calculated as follows:
• DCA = (0.6 + √A)2
• Additional area accounts for presence of person in proximity to reentering object
• Area defined for each shape as:
Spheres      →   A = π*r2 Cylinders    →   A = L*D
Flat Plates  →   A = L*W Boxes         →   A = ½*(W*L+L*H)
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
Select Science and Engineering
Select Reentry Survivability Analysis
• What is being illustrated in this tutorial is the use of the Science and Engineering menu
• Any significant differences between it and the Requirements Assessment menu will 
be highlighted
• Getting Started
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Object Modeling
• The “Root Object” is the overall vehicle being analyzed
• The mass of this object is the total mass of the entire vehicle
• This object is used only to propagate the trajectory from 122 km to 78 km altitude
• Here the inclination is entered for the vehicle, under Requirements Assessment the 
inclination would have been populated using the Mission Editor  value
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Object Modeling (cont.)
• Both the Material Type and Object Shape are drop down menus
• Material Type includes all 77 built in materials representing some of the most commonly used 
materials
• Object Shape lists the 4 object types used in DAS
• What if the proper material is not included?
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Material Database
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Material Database (cont.)
• Allows the user to input additional materials not included in the standard list
• Requires non-temperature dependent values for material properties
• Saves materials to “matprops.csv” in the current working directory
• Adds custom material to the drop down menu in alphabetical order
• It is important to note that the composite materials built into DAS (i.e. Graphite 
Epoxy) are sometimes best defined using the Material Database, as the 
properties of these materials can vary significantly depending on the 
manufacturer
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Object Nesting
• Each fragment of the vehicle can have up to 3 layers of internal fragments
• Fragment masses should be thermal masses which do not account for the mass 
of any contents
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• After entering in all component information hit “Run” to get results
• At this point DAS will verify the following:
• All required fields are filled for each object
• The entered mass does not exceed a limit defined by and object’s dimensions and 
its material density
• For flat plates the computed density is based on an assumed height of 1/10 
the width
• Plates that do not pass input validation or are thicker, should be modeled as 
boxes
• For boxes, the values must be entered such that Length ≥ Width ≥ Height
• A cylinder must have a length of at least 30% of its diameter
• If its length is less than 10% of its diameter then model it as a flat square 
plate of equivalent area
• If its length is between 10% and 30% of its area than it should be modeled as 
a box of equivalent area
• If any of the data is not valid, the assessment ceases and the data must be corrected 
before continuing
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Results
Results from Science and Engineering Routine
• Gives DCA and impact Kinetic Energy for 
each object
• Gives total DCA of all objects which impact 
with a Kinetic Energy greater than 15 J
Results from Requirements Assessment Routine
• Reports total risk for the calculated reentry 
year
• States whether or not compliant
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Saving
• Modeling data and results are saved to .csv files able to be opened by Excel
• Clicking Save in the Science and Engineering Routine allows the user to define 
file name and save location
• The Requirements Assessment Routine saves the data and results to 
“reentry.csv” in the project directory
• Importing 
• Data can be entered into a .csv file and imported into DAS using Excel using the 
following format
• Note if importing into the Requirements Assessment Routine, omit the first row
Reentry Data
Row Num Name Parent Qty Material Body Type Thermal Mass Diameter/Width Length Height
1 Root Object 0 1Aluminum 2024‐T3 Box 600 2 3 1
2Battery Box 1 1Aluminum 2024‐T3 Box 0.85 0.1 0.1 0.05
3Battery Cell 2 6 Stainless Steel 17‐4 ph Cylinder 0.035 0.0125 0.085
4 Cell Inner Structure 3 6Copper Alloy Cylinder 0.015 0.012 0.08
5Anode 4 6Platinum Cylinder 0.01 0.011 0.02
6 Frame Structure 2 1Aluminum 2024‐T3 Box 0.001 0.95 0.95 0.001
7 Tank 1 1Titanium (6 Al‐4 V) Sphere 85 1
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DAS Reentry Survivability Analysis
• Known Limitations
• Honeycomb Panels
• Typically these panels consist of a layer of aluminum honeycomb 
sandwiched between two aluminum or composite face sheets
• Due to the limitation of the thermal model these objects often survive a 
DAS reentry analysis and require higher-fidelity analysis
• Objects with complex shapes
• Items in this category constructed of a single material can be modeled 
using equivalent area simplified shapes
• Items constructed of multiple materials are more complex and typically 
require higher-fidelity analysis
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Reentry Example 1 - GenSat
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Reentry Example 1 - GenSat
Row Num Name Parent Qty Material Body Type Thermal Mass Diameter/Width Length Height
1 GenSat 0 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 391.641 1 2 1
2 Side Panels 1 3 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 14.239 1 2 0.0254 Honey Comb
3 Side Panels (with cutout ) 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 12.814 1 2 0.0254 Honey Comb
4 Top Panel 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 7.1196 1 1 0.0254 Honey Comb
5 Mid Panel (with cutout for LH2 tank) 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 5.7004 1 1 0.0254 Honey Comb
6 Bottom Panel (with cutout for LO2 tank) 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 2.6134 1 1 0.0254 Honey Comb
7 Solar Array Boom 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 0.71859 0.0254 2.0254 0
8 Battery Box (outer box) 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 28.655 0.4668 0.6168 0.3168
9 Battery Box (inner frame, part 1) 8 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 3.11 0.295788 0.449984 0.008408
10 Battery Box (inner frame, part 2) 8 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 3.154 0.299984 0.449984 0.008408
11 Mounting Profiles (Battery Box, part 1) 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 0.045 0.0254 0.3168 0.0254
12 Mounting Profiles (Battery Box, part 2) 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 0.066 0.0254 0.4668 0.0254
13 Batteries 8 12 Nickel Cylinder 1.912 0.145788 0.295788 0
14 Solar Panels 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 14.239 1 2 0.0254
15 LH2 Tank 1 1 Titanium (generic) Sphere 10 0.5 0 0
16 LO2 Tank 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 38.9 0.8984 1 0
17 Magnetic Torquer Rod 1 3 Iron Cylinder 3.3336 0.045 1 0
18 Star Tracker 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 6.5009 0.2 0.45 0
19 Reaction Wheel Assy Housing 1 4 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 4.36 0.4 0.1 0
20 Reaction Wheel Flywheel 19 4 Titanium (generic) Disk 3.1363 0.3 0 0.01
21 Reaction Wheel Assy Shaft 19 4 Stainless Steel (generic) Cylinder 0.22734 0.02 0.0910812 0
22 Gyroscopes 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 9.9036 0.246 0.3295 0.176
23 X‐Band Antenna 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Disk 1.9813 0.6 0 0.0025
24 X‐Band Boom 1 1 Graphite Epoxy 1 Cylinder 3.1928 0.09 1.7 0
25 S‐Band Transponder 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Box 3.2711 0.1 0.2 0.1
26 Computer 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 2.0058 0.3 0.6 0.2
27 Data Storage 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 16.989 0.2 0.25 0.2
28 Command 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 24.867 0.25 0.4 0.15
29 Telemetry 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Box 10.383 0.2 0.3 0.2
30 Louvers (Blades) 1 6 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 0.070075 0.05 0.5 0.001
31 Louvers (Shafts) 1 6 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 0.019021 0.005 0.54 0
32 Louvers (Frame, part 1) 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 0.057181 0.02 0.34 0.003
33 Louvers (Frame, part 2) 1 2 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 0.08409 0.02 0.5 0.003
34 Cold Plate 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 13.072 0.34 0.54 0.0254
35 Space Radiator 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Flat Plate 4.2045 0.3 0.5 0.01
36 Cable 1 3 Copper Alloy Cylinder 10.937 0.06 0.5 0
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Reentry Example 2 – Generic Upper Stage
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Reentry Example 2 – Generic Upper Stage
Row Num Name Parent Qty Material Body Type Thermal Mass Diameter/Width Length Height
1 Parent 0 1 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 924.343 6.3 1.8 0
2 Propellant Tank 1 1 Stainless Steel (gene Cylinder 267.675 2.7 1.7 0
3 Thrust Chamber 1 1 Inconel Cylinder 45.8 0.6 0.44 0
4 Gas Tank 1 1 2 Titanium (generic) Sphere 10.056 0 0.41 0
5 Gas Tank 2 1 2 Titanium (generic) Sphere 30.548 0 0.59 0
6 Nozzle 1 1 Graphite Epoxy 1 Cylinder 99.594 1.6 1 0
7 Engine Support 1 1 Aluminum (generic) Cylinder 52.175 0.43 0.3 0
8 Guidance Electronics 1 8 Aluminum (generic) Box 10.337 0.45 0.5 0.1


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