Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
An account of activities and data gathered in the Room Temperature Stretch Forming of One-third Scale External Tank Bulkhead Gores for space shuttle study, and a tooling design and production cost study are reported. The following study phases are described: (1) the stretch forming of three approximately one-third scale external tank dome gores from single sheets of 2219-T37 aluminum alloy; (2) the designing of a full scale production die, including a determination of tooling requirements; and (3) the determination of cost per gore at the required production rates, including manufacturing, packaging, and shipping.
Keywords:
SPACE VEHICLES
Type:
NASA-CR-120365
,
CASD-NAS-74-029-VOL-1
Format:
application/pdf
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