Location
Cocoa Beach, FL
Start Date
5-4-1965 8:00 AM
Description
Presented is a rather general explanation of an automated method for determining, by Monte Carlo techniques, the probabilities of impacting populated land masses and causing a casualty when a malfunctioning multi-stage vehicle deviates from its normal instantaneous earth impact pattern. The generation of this data is explained through the use of illustrative material which describes the necessary flow of information and computational operations. The economic advantages of the method discussed are compared, in terms of manpower, computer time, and total elapsed time requirements,with those of a forerunning method used to generate such data.
Impact and Casualty Prediction for Malfunctioning Multi-Stage Vehicles
Cocoa Beach, FL
Presented is a rather general explanation of an automated method for determining, by Monte Carlo techniques, the probabilities of impacting populated land masses and causing a casualty when a malfunctioning multi-stage vehicle deviates from its normal instantaneous earth impact pattern. The generation of this data is explained through the use of illustrative material which describes the necessary flow of information and computational operations. The economic advantages of the method discussed are compared, in terms of manpower, computer time, and total elapsed time requirements,with those of a forerunning method used to generate such data.
