Nonlinear behavior of Space Shuttle superlightweight tank under booster ascent loads

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 820-827

  Young, Richard D ^a   Nemeth, Michael P ^a   Collins, Timothy J ^a   Starnes Jr , James H ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOOSTERS (ROCKET); BUCKLING; DEFECTS; DYNAMIC LOADS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; ELASTICITY; FUEL TANKS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS; THERMAL STRESS;

BUCKLING LOAD KNOCKDOWN FACTOR; LINEAR BIFURCATION BUCKLING ANALYSIS; LIQUID OXYGEN TANKS; STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE;

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 0033361584     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3520     Document Type: Article

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