Title :
Advanced grid stiffened composite payload shroud for the OSP launch vehicle
Author :
Wegner, Peter M. ; Ganley, Jeff M. ; Huynrechts, S.M. ; Meink, Troy E.
Author_Institution :
Res. Lab., Kirtland AFB, NM, USA
Abstract :
The Air Force Research Laboratory´s Space Vehicles Directorate has developed methods to design and fabricate advanced grid stiffened (AGS) structures. These processes will drastically reduce the cost of composite payload shrouds. These procedures were successfully demonstrated in an AGS fairing for the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization´s Combined Experiments Program. AFRL/VS has now joined with Boeing to develop an extended fairing for the orbital suborbital program´s launch vehicle. This larger fairing will allow for dual manifest missions on the OSP vehicle; resulting in an air force cost savings of nearly 𝔐 per launch
Keywords :
carbon fibre reinforced plastics; costing; finite element analysis; space vehicles; C; CFRP skin; FEM model; OSP launch vehicle; Orbital Suborbital Program; advanced grid stiffened structures; composite payload shroud; cost savings; dual manifest missions; extended fairing structure; honeycomb panels; shroud design; shroud fabrication; shroud testing; tooling concept; Aluminum; Costs; Design methodology; Laboratories; Payloads; Polymers; Ribs; Skin; Space vehicles; Weapons;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Conference Proceedings, 2000 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5846-5
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.2000.878447
