Structural Design
Structural Design
• Launch
– Accelerations
– Pressurization
– Acoustics
– Random Vibration
– Thermal
• Crash Landing
• On-Orbit
in ⋅° F
Wcanister = 2πρtRl = 157 lbs Wtip = 200 lbs
in σ Ty = 37 ksi σ Tu = 42 ksi
g = 386.4
sec 2 A = 2πRt = 15.71 in 2
0.1
0.001
fn ξ
RLF = 7.93 g
<150 Hz .045 M = 220, 700 in ⋅ lbs
150-300 Hz .020
MR
>300 Hz .005
σ RV = = 1150 psi
I
(repeat for each axis)
UNIVERSITY OF Structural Design and Analysis
MARYLAND Principles of Space Systems Design
Thermal Loads
FOS = 1.4
∆l = α ⋅ ∆T ⋅ l
−6
∆l = 13 × 10 ⋅ −100° F ⋅ 100 = .13 in
Assume support structure shrinks only half as
much as canister
.5 × .13
σ Thermal = Eε = 10 ⋅ 7
= 6500 psi
100