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Preliminary Sizing Study of Ares-I and Ares-V Liquid Hydrogen Tanks

Author
Oliver, Stanley T.
Published
April 23, 2012.
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Harper, David W.
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Summary
A preliminary sizing study of two cryogenic propellant tanks was performed using a FORTRAN optimization program to determine weight efficient orthogrid designs for the tank barrels sections only. Various tensile and compressive failure modes were considered, including general buckling of cylinders with a shell buckling knockdown factor. Eight independent combinations of three design requirements were also considered and their effects on the tanks weight. The approach was to investigate each design case with a variable shell buckling knockdown factor, determining the most weight efficient combination of orthogrid design parameters. Numerous optimization analyses were performed, and the results presented herein compare the effects of the different design requirements and shell buckling knockdown factor. Through a series of comparisons between design requirements or shell buckling knockdown factors, the relative change in overall tank barrel weights is shown. The findings indicate that the design requirements can substantually increase the tank weight while a less conservative shell buckling knockdown factor can modestly reduce the tank weight.
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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
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Document ID: 20120014472.
M11-1009.
M12-1631.
53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference; 23-26 Apr. 2012; Honolulu, HI; United States.
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