Date of Award
Spring 1992
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Engineering Mechanics
Committee Director
R. Prabhakaran
Committee Director
Resit Un?-}
Committee Member
Gene Hou
Committee Member
Larry Rowell
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E57B87
Abstract
An aerobrake concept for a Lunar transfer vehicle was weight optimized through the use of the Taguchi design method, structural finite element analyses and structural sizing routines. Six design parameters were chosen to represent the aerobrake structural configuration. The design parameters included honeycomb core thickness, diameter-to-depth ratio, shape, material, number of concentric ring frames, and number of radial frames. Each parameter was assigned three levels. The minimum weight aerobrake configuration resulting from the study was approximately half the weight of the average of all twenty seven experimental configurations. The parameters having the most significant impact on the aerobrake structural weight were identified.
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DOI
10.25777/yxmp-8f48
Recommended Citation
Bush, Lance B..
"Preliminary Structural Design of a Lunar Transfer Vehicle Aerobrake"
(1992). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/yxmp-8f48
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/429