Experimental Bending Strength of an Atlas LV-3C Booster beyond Compressive Skin Wrinkling

Abstract

Three bending-strength tests were performed at Lewis Research Center, on a full-scale Atlas LV-3C booster to determine the bending strength available after the start of compressive wrinkling of the vehicle tank skin. Experimental data are compared with analytical predictions and show a good correlation. A description of these tests, The test results, and a method of analytically evaluating postwrinkling bending of thin-walled pressure-stabilized cylinders are presented.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1969
Accession Number
ADA380033

Entities

People

  • Robert P. Miller

Organizations

  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Actuators
  • Axial Loads
  • Bending Moments
  • Bending Stress
  • Equations
  • Fuel Tanks
  • Inertia
  • Internal Pressure
  • Liquid Oxygen
  • Load Cells
  • Load Distribution
  • Measurement
  • Mechanical Working
  • Modulus Of Elasticity
  • Moment Of Inertia
  • Scale Models
  • Strain Gages

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Structural Dynamics.