Structural Engineering and Mechanics
Volume 13, Number 3, 2002, pages 345-353
DOI: 10.12989/sem.2002.13.3.345
Effect of cylinder diameter and boat tail angle on the free vibration characteristics of a typical payload fairing
V. Ramamurti , S. Rajarajan , G. Venkateswara Rao (India)
Abstract
Three noded plate and shell finite element and 3D beam element in conjunction withLanczos method are used for studying the effect of boat tail angle on the free vibration characteristics ofa typical payload fairing for three different cylinder diameters with height to diameter ratio 1.5.Configurations without boat tail structural member are also studied. One half of the one side fairingstructure is considered for the analysis and symmetric boundary conditions are used.
Key Words
finite element method; Lanczos method; payload fairing.
Address
V. Ramamurti, Machine Dynamics Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras 600036, IndiaS. Rajarajan, Launch Vehicle Design Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695022, IndiaG. Venkateswara Rao, Structural Engineering Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695022, India
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