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 and G. Venkateswara Rao (India)
Abstract
Three noded plate and shell finite element and 3D beam element in conjunction with<br />Lanczos method are used for studying the effect of boat tail angle on the free vibration characteristics of<br />a typical payload fairing for three different cylinder diameters with height to diameter ratio 1.5.<br />Configurations without boat tail structural member are also studied. One half of the one side fairing<br />structure 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, India<br />S. Rajarajan, Launch Vehicle Design Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695022, India<br />G. Venkateswara Rao, Structural Engineering Group, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Trivandrum 695022, India