Modeling and nonlinear structural analysis of a large-scale launch vehicle

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 804-811

  Young, Richard D ^a,c   Rankin, Charles C ^b  

^a Lockheed Martin Engineering and Science Services   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUCKLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

LAUNCH VEHICLES; LINEAR BIFURCATION BUCKLING MODE; MESH REFINEMENT METHOD;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033364656     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3518     Document Type: Article

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