Students first determine the amount of force needed to launch a model rocket to 3.3 feet [1 meter (m)], which represents low-Earth orbit. Then they design, build, and test their own structure designs. They revise their designs over several design sessions, trying to maintain or increase the strength and reduce the weight of their structure.
Structural Design and Fabrication of a Rocket
As members of The University of Akron’s rocket design team our group designed and fabricated the structure of a single stage rocket. We define the structure of the rocket to be the body …
•Description of Structural Dynamics, and how it applies to a rocket. •Application of Structural Dynamics in all phases of the mission of a launch vehicle and its components: – Turbine Blades, Rocket Nozzle – Rocket Engine Loads – High Cycle Fatigue in Main Propulsion System
Challenge is to design buckling-critical subscale test articles in relevant areas of the design space – Calculate design-space parameters for launch-vehicle components – Select subscale designs • Criteria: buckling critical, failure load, design space, etc. • Five test-article designs selected as minimum number to validate analysis methods
Rocket Parts | Glenn Research Center | NASA
2023年11月20日 · There are many parts that make up a rocket. For design and analysis, engineers group parts which have the same function into systems. There are four major systems in a full-scale rocket: the structural system, the payload system, the guidance system, and the propulsion system.
ACT team evaluated several composite structural concepts to assess basic structural performance of the Payload Shroud, Interstage, and Intertank structural components in terms of analytically predicted weight, margins of safety on stresses …
2023年7月24日 · Flat fixed stabilizing structures extending from the body of a rocket that give stability in flight. There are four common fin shapes: Each fin has several features used to characterize its design & performance: • Tip chord (c. t) • Root chord (c. r) • Span (b) • Leading Edge (LE) • Trailing Edge (TE) • Aspect ratio (AR) Hardware ...
Guide to Rockets | Glenn Research Center | NASA
2023年11月21日 · The Beginner’s Guide to Rockets will help you learn the basic math and physics that govern the design and flight of rockets. We’ll look at many different kinds of rockets, from stomp rockets, which are a special kind of artillery shell, to bottle rockets, to model rockets, to full scale boosters.
From concept development through mission execution, Marshall Space Flight Center delivers customized, affordable, and optimized structural systems design and analysis solutions, ensuring the physical integrity of spacecraft and launch vehicles in …
Design Loads: The product of the factor of safety and the limit load. Dynamic Loads Analysis (DLA): An analysis intended to calculate the dynamic responses of a structural system when the spacecraft and launch vehicle are