Publication Date:
2019-06-27
Description:
Buckling studies were conducted on truncated 120 deg conical shells having large end rings and many interior reinforcing rings that are typical of aeroshells used as spacecraft decelerators. Changes in base-end-ring stiffness were accomplished by simply machining away a portion of the base ring between successive buckling tests. Initial imperfection measurements from the test cones were included in the analytical model.
Keywords:
STRUCTURAL MECHANICS
Type:
NASA-TP-1079
,
L-11915
Format:
application/pdf