Structures for the 3rd Generation Reusable Concept Vehicle
- Author:
- Hrinda, Glenn A.
- Published:
- [2001].
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
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- hdl.handle.net
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- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
- Summary:
- A major goal of NASA is to create an advance space transportation system that provides a safe, affordable highway through the air and into space. The long-term plans are to reduce the risk of crew loss to 1 in 1,000,000 missions and reduce the cost of Low-Earth Orbit by a factor of 100 from today's costs. A third generation reusable concept vehicle (RCV) was developed to assess technologies required to meet NASA's space access goals. The vehicle will launch from Cape Kennedy carrying a 25,000 lb. payload to the International Space Station (ISS). The system is an air breathing launch vehicle (ABLV) hypersonic lifting body with rockets and uses triple point hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellant. The focus of this paper is on the structural concepts and analysis methods used in developing the third generation reusable launch vehicle (RLV). Member sizes, concepts and material selections will be discussed as well as analysis methods used in optimizing the structure. Analysis based on the HyperSizer structural sizing software will be discussed. Design trades required to optimize structural weight will be presented.
- Collection:
- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 20010098302.
AIAA Space 2001 Conference and Exposition; 28-30 Aug. 2001; Albuquerque, NM; United States. - Terms of Use and Reproduction:
- Copyright, Distribution as joint owner in the copyright.
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- hdl.handle.net
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