Structured system engineering methodologies used to develop a nuclear thermal propulsion engine

Conference · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5744600

Corban, R; Wagner, R

To facilitate the development of a space nuclear thermal propulsion engine for manned flights to Mars, requirements must be established early in the technology development cycle. The long lead times for the acquisition of the engine system and nuclear test facilities demands that the engine system size, performance and safety goals be defined at the earliest possible time. These systems are highly complex and require a large multidisciplinary systems engineering team to develop and track requirements, and to ensure that the as-built system reflects the intent of the mission. A methodology has been devised which uses sophisticated computer tools to effectively develop and interpret functional requirements, and furnish these to the specification level for implementation. 6 refs.

• OSTI ID: 5744600
• Report Number(s): AIAA-Paper-93-2109; CONF-930633-
• Resource Relation: Conference: Joint AIAA/SAE/ASME propulsion conference, Monterey, CA (United States), 28-30 Jun 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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