Study Of Technology Requirements For Structures Of Large Launch Vehicles Volume 3 Survey Of Advanced Structures Technologies Final Report

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Download or read book Study of Technology Requirements for Structures of Large Launch Vehicles. Volume 3 - Survey of Advanced Structures Technologies written by and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advanced constructions and materials evaluated in this survey are summarized. Information relevant to each of these areas was obtained through the listed references and through personal contacts and discussion, as tabulated in Section 5, Summary data on materials, fabrication and costs are presented in Sections 2 and 3. For simplicity of reference, a summary of findings on the current status and prediction for the future of metal technology, filament materials as well as fiber reinforced composites is tabulated in Tables II, III, IV and V. Over one hundred references have been reviewed and digested; and nearly as many contacts with industry and government agencies were reviewed to insure that the data in this report provides the latest information on today's structural technologies. Drawing on talents within several General Electric Departments, including the Space Science Laboratory and Re-Entry Systems, these data, plus in-house related information have been screened and refined to produce this summary report of these technologies. Hence, this report provides a unique compilation of today's status of large launch vehicle advanced materials and structural configurations; nevertheless, it is emphasized that limitations of time and expense have necessarily precluded the possibility of providing complete coverage of the subject and there are undoubtedly many other applicable documents which have not been included or reviewed. However, the material in Tables II through V is a reasonably accurate compilation of today's state of the art and material cost projections where available. A potentially attractive method of combining metal technology with composite technology through the use of unidirectional composite stiffeners with metallic shell structure is discussed briefly in section 2 of this report. Structural reliability, test and inspection technologies are considered briefly in section 3.