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Structural design of ares v interstage composite structure
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Kosareo, Daniel N. Sleigh, David W. Sreekantamurthy, Thammaiah Martin, Robert A. Johnson, Theodore F. |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Description | Preliminary and detailed design studies were performed to mature composite structural design concepts for the Ares V Interstage structure as a part of NASA s Advanced Composite Technologies Project. Aluminum honeycomb sandwich and hat-stiffened composite panel structural concepts were considered. The structural design and analysis studies were performed using HyperSizer design sizing software and MSC Nastran finite element analysis software. System-level design trade studies were carried out to predict weight and margins of safety for composite honeycomb-core sandwich and composite hat-stiffened skin design concepts. Details of both preliminary and detailed design studies are presented in the paper. For the range of loads and geometry considered in this work, the hat-stiffened designs were found to be approximately 11-16 percent lighter than the sandwich designs. A down-select process was used to choose the most favorable structural concept based on a set of figures of merit, and the honeycomb sandwich design was selected as the best concept based on advantages in manufacturing cost. |
| File Size | 5532361 |
| Page Count | 31 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20110010308 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1qg3px4v |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2011-04-04 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Structural Mechanics Structural Design Costs Honeycomb Cores Ares 5 Cargo Launch Vehicle Safety Manufacturing Honeycomb Structures Composite Structures Design Analysis Sandwich Structures Loads Forces Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |