Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint

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The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint was a critical structural connection in the shuttle’s boosters whose flawed O-ring sealing design contributed to the Challenger disaster.

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Generate an image of the Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint (The Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint was a critical structural connection in the shuttle’s boosters whose flawed O-ring sealing design contributed to the Challenger disaster.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket motor joint ⓘ
structural connection ⓘ
affectedBy SRB internal pressure during ignition and ascent ⓘ
low ambient temperature at launch ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Space Shuttle Challenger disaster ⓘ
contributedTo loss of STS-51-L mission ⓘ
loss of Space Shuttle Challenger ⓘ
loss of seven astronauts on STS-51-L ⓘ
evaluatedBy Rogers Commission ⓘ
failedOn 1986-01-28 ⓘ
failureMode breach of right-hand solid rocket booster field joint ⓘ
hot gas leak through primary O-ring ⓘ
hasComponent O-ring seal ⓘ
clevis ⓘ
field joint insulation ⓘ
joint putty ⓘ
tang ⓘ
hasDesignFeature field-assembled joint ⓘ
pressure-actuated O-ring sealing ⓘ
tang-and-clevis configuration ⓘ
hasDesignFlaw insufficient O-ring squeeze at low temperature ⓘ
joint rotation under internal pressure ⓘ
reliance on putty to protect O-rings from hot gases ⓘ
sensitivity to low-temperature performance of O-rings ⓘ
susceptibility to O-ring blow-by ⓘ
susceptibility to O-ring erosion ⓘ
hasFunction maintain structural continuity between booster segments ⓘ
seal internal combustion gases in solid rocket booster ⓘ
influenced NASA safety and risk management practices ⓘ
later solid rocket motor joint design standards ⓘ
locatedOn right-hand Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ
manufacturedBy Morton Thiokol ⓘ
operatedAt high internal pressure ⓘ
operatedWith Viton O-rings in later configurations ⓘ
originalO-RingMaterial nitrile rubber ⓘ
partOf Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ
Space Shuttle launch vehicle ⓘ
redesignedAs post-Challenger SRB capture joint ⓘ
redesignIncluded improved joint insulation ⓘ
metal capture feature to limit joint rotation ⓘ
third O-ring capture feature ⓘ
riskCategory catastrophic failure mode ⓘ
safetyConcernIdentifiedBy Morton Thiokol engineers ⓘ
linked to: Morton Thiokol
safetyConcernRaisedBefore STS-51-L launch ⓘ
subjectOf NASA post-Challenger redesign program ⓘ
Rogers Commission Report ⓘ
usedBy NASA ⓘ
usedIn Space Shuttle launches ⓘ

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Feynman O-ring ice water demonstration → relatedToComponent → Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint ⓘ
NASA Space Shuttle program → component → Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ
linked to: Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
NASA Space Shuttle program → propulsion → Solid Rocket Boosters ⓘ
linked to: Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint → partOf → Space Shuttle Solid Rocket Booster ⓘ
linked to: Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint
Ares I → technologyHeritage → Space Shuttle solid rocket boosters ⓘ
linked to: Space Shuttle solid rocket booster joint