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Papers by Jerry Haber

... Noise and Sonic Boom Impact Technology. BOOMAP2 Computer Program for Sonic Boom Research. Vol... more ... Noise and Sonic Boom Impact Technology. BOOMAP2 Computer Program for Sonic Boom Research. Volume 1. Technical Report. Authors: Emma G. Wilby; Jerold M. Haber; Dwight E. Bishop; BBN LABS INC CANOGA PARK CA. ...

Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Mar 1, 2017

When developing a new launcher, the main design driver is operational efficiency (i.e. performanc... more When developing a new launcher, the main design driver is operational efficiency (i.e. performance, reliability and availability), and cost effectiveness, not saf ety. Moreover, launch operators focus mission design on successfully placing the payload in orbit and on cost effectiveness. Those conditions are insufficient by themselves to ensure flight safety and may direct design decisions toward solutions that are less safe. The safety challenge of rocket launches typically requires additional dedicated safety equipment on-board and ground facilities to monitor flight for potentially unsafe conditions and to terminate the flight before the rocket can threaten population centers or critical assets. Flight Safety Officers have the ultimate responsibility to terminate the flight of an errant launcher before it endangers people and properties, by sending a command from ground. Flight Safety Officers must assess the situation and take action to terminate flight in a very short time, therefore human factors considerations are fundamental for correct and timely performance of the job. After a general overview of launch safety principles and practices, the paper illustrates the application of human factors considerations for flight safety officers with a discussion of training at the European spaceport in French Guiana.

Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Dec 1, 2016

Journal of Space Safety Engineering (JSSE) provides an authoritative source of information in the... more Journal of Space Safety Engineering (JSSE) provides an authoritative source of information in the field of space safety design, research and development. It serves applied scientists, engineers, policy makers and safety advocates with a platform to develop, promote and coordinate the science, technology and practice of space safety. JSSE seeks to establish channels of communication between industry, academy and government in the field of space safety and sustainability.

Large rockets can fail during launch and be very hazardous to the public. Risk analysis methods a... more Large rockets can fail during launch and be very hazardous to the public. Risk analysis methods are necessary to determine the likelihood and magnitude of the risk. This is usually combined into a single measure, casualty expectation, which represents the average number of casualties per launch. Real-time safety controls are introduced and the steps to compute the risk are summarized. Also discussed are alternate risk presentations, level of risk acceptability and methods to mitigate the risk.

Space Safety Regulations and Standards, 2010

Publisher Summary The chapter explores that with a single set of measures and criteria, the varie... more Publisher Summary The chapter explores that with a single set of measures and criteria, the varied concerns and objectives of the government and private organizations developing an interest in launch and re-entry safety cannot be addressed. A complete set of risk measures is required to address these concerns which include planning circumstances, and launching specific measures and annual measures. For protection of the individual, the community, and community assets, such set of risk measures is required to be incorporated. The chapter also reveals that since communication is vital as a part of public policy-making and the political processes, and also for emergency preparedness and emergency response, limited progress has been made in defining and implementing adequate structures that defines the risk characterization which is required to be communicated and establishing the channels for such information accumulation and propagation. According to the chapter, regardless of the enduring differences between the aviation and space industries, the channels of communication and international cooperation have been established to facilitate the aviation safety which might provide a significant building block for the development of international launch and re-entry safety standards.

A comprehensive literature search was performed regarding the effect of aircraft noise and sonic ... more A comprehensive literature search was performed regarding the effect of aircraft noise and sonic boom on structures. The initial phase of this search identified approximately 2,500 citations that were reviewed for suitability for the Assessment System for Aircraft Noise (Asan); 635 citations were selected for inclusion in the ASAN citation database. Of those citations included, 144 were identified to be

Civil Engineering Systems, 1985

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Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 2017

The primary objective of U.S. Government safety organizations for space vehicle activities has al... more The primary objective of U.S. Government safety organizations for space vehicle activities has always been the protection of people. The earliest protection objectives focused exclusively on protection against fatalities. The initial risk measure employed was the probability the most exposed individual would be killed. Over time, the protection objectives have broadened. Many facilities now protect against multiple levels of injury (typically, severe injury or casualties, and fatalities). Most facilities have established some maximum tolerable societal, or collective, risk that is considered tolerable. Some facilities have placed limits on tolerable catastrophic risk as measured by the probability that large numbers of people may be simultaneously injured. The 2010 publication of the Range Commanders Council guidance document, RCC 321, broadened protection objectives by defining the basis for protecting critical assets that are a part of the launch complex. These criteria ensured that the chance of damaging the critical infrastructure required for continued operations of the launch complex and the facilities required for emergency response to a mishap were sufficiently small. For commercial launches the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Office of Commercial Space Transportation (AST) has promulgated financial responsibility standards based on the Maximum Probable Loss (MPL) that will result from launch operations. The MPL is a combined measure of potential damage and injury that may occur from events with extremely remote likelihood. Individual ranges have imposed a variety of protection standards to protect unique resources including environmentally sensitive assets. As launch operations become more common, once isolated launch complexes are surrounded by industry and communities they support. Zoning regulations rarely consider the constraints these developments may impose on launch operations. Moreover, current safety regulations are confined to protecting these communities from injuries resulting from launch operations.

: The U.S. Air Force proposes to establish an orbital reentry corridor into Edwards AFB, Californ... more : The U.S. Air Force proposes to establish an orbital reentry corridor into Edwards AFB, California, for generic, medium size, unmanned lifting entry vehicles (LEV s ). The Proposed Action is being developed as a cooperative effort among the Department of Defense Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Center (DFRC), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to support the development and test of future unmanned entry vehicles for both NASA and the Air Force. The overall purpose of the Proposed Action is to designate a generic orbital reentry corridor for the recovery of flights of unmanned LEV s from low earth orbit to final approach and landing at Edwards AFB in support of future Air Force and NASA research and development programs. The unmanned LEV reentry corridor is defined by the trajectory (ground track and altitude) of the vehicle as it reenters the earth's atmosphere from space.

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 1977

Abstract An analysis procedure is developed for assessing the risk associated with the launch of ... more Abstract An analysis procedure is developed for assessing the risk associated with the launch of a missile or space booster. The method considers the various hazardous vehicle failure modes and employs a statistical characterization of the vehicle state vector ...

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 1973

Fluctuating target cases are considered by Barton in a simple and effective way if results for th... more Fluctuating target cases are considered by Barton in a simple and effective way if results for the nonfluctuating case are known. Collapsing Loss Barton shows in his equation (6) that the collapsing loss is the ratio of two integration losses: L pn=L,(pn) L.(n) tC(P,) L,(n) @I (8) This can also be expressed in terms of integration gains, using (5) and the definition for p: pG.(n) (9) Lc(pp n)G-(n + m) Under different circumstances, one may know DO(n) or Do(l), or required detection and false-alarm probabilities. If the false-alarm and detection probabilities are known,

Civil Engineering Systems, 1985

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Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Mar 1, 2017

Journal of Space Safety Engineering, Dec 1, 2016

Space Safety Regulations and Standards, 2010

Civil Engineering Systems, 1985

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Journal of Space Safety Engineering, 2017

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, 1977

IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 1973

Civil Engineering Systems, 1985

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