AAE 450 Spring Brandon White 2/28/2008 Structures Group Contact Inertia Matrix Math Model (Final)

AAE 450 Spring Final: Inertia Matrix Math Model “Time is a great teacher, unfortunately it kills all its pupils.” – Louis Hector Berlioz  Specifically Designed for the “winning” Launch Vehicle configurations.  New components employed: –1 st Stage (Hybrid) Pressurant Tank, Oxidizer Tank, Solid Motor, Engine/Nozzle –2 nd Stage (Solid) Solid Motor, Engine/Nozzle, Avionics –3 rd Stage (Solid) Solid Motor, Engine/Nozzle, Payload  Incorporates final skirt design  Simple assumptions for dimensioning. O O O F F F PROP PROPPROP PROPPROP Kyle SOLIDSOLID SOLIDSOLID S Skirt Pressurant Tank Oxidizer Tank Payload

AAE 450 Spring Assumptions Made “There are good days and there are bad days, and this is one of them.” – Lawrence Welk Future Work  Sizing final launch vehicle configuration with Propulsion  Collaboration with Dynamics & Controls for final design Inertia Matrices Courtesy: Purdue propulsion B. White ~= Courtesy: El Sierra Middle School (IL)

AAE 450 Spring Backup Slides – References  Bedford, A., Fowler, W., and Liechti, K.M., Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ  Purdue Propulsion Research website s/solids/ s/solids/  El Sierra Middle School, Downer’s Grove, Illinois e.htm “It’s the Final Countdown.” - Europe

AAE 450 Spring Backup Slides – A Note from Brandon “There’s only one thing that can guarantee our failure. And that’s if we quit.” To my colleagues in AAE 450: It saddens me to say that I will not be with you much longer. CONSIDER THIS MY TWO WEEKS NOTICE. In two weeks I will be resigning my position in this design team and accepting a new position in a technical publications bureau. I want to say that this has been fun. You’ve all been great coworkers, making the design experience everything I wanted it to be and more. Best of luck. Brandon J. White