Integrated structural and thermal design of an entry vehicle aeroshell /
accurately as the other areas of comparison. However, it was
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | accurately as the other areas of comparison. However, it was aeroshells were developed and compared on the basis of total based on the primary load conditions. Next, a thermal design requires that additional core material be included design was due to the imposition of a minimum gage design with the exterior facing comprised of a high determined that the traditional design outperformed the epoxy. The finite element method (FEM) was used to analyze first, a graphite / epoxy composite structure was designed insulator, and the interior facing comprised of graphite / integrated design in .,almost every area. The exception to integrated TPS. This new approach utilized a sandwich panel noted that the relatively poor performance of the integrated panel design. The assumed symmetry of the sandwich panel Preliminary designs of two different reusable entry vehicle protection system (TPS) was added to the exterior of the requirement on the facings and the assumed axial symmetry of requirement resulted in a design that was not sufficiently stressed to take advantage of the properties of the sandwich temperature composite, the core comprised of a thermal that is not present in the traditional asymmetric design. The first design was performed in the "traditional" method; the sandwich panel design. The necessary minimum gage the stresses of two different aeroshell designs. It was this was operational costs, which were not known as vehicle. The second design featured a structurally weight, projected cost, reliability, and manufacturability. |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Mechanical Engineering". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | x, 104 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |