Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Total Interior Volume ~450m3 Al/Honeycomb Inner Shell ~4.81 tonnes Total Hab Mass ~41.9 tonnes Height ~9.75 m Diameter ~7.67 m May resize D/h to lower total vehicle weight
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Take-off loading Natural Frequencies Axial (Hz) Lateral (Hz) Our Vehicle 87.3 54.4 Launch Vehicle 35 15 For stability f(nat)LV < f(nat)OV f(nat)OV>>f(nat)LV, t can possibly Assumptions Took into account cylindrical hab only Thin walled cylinder
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Preliminary Hab/Heat Shield Configuration
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Front-View
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Top-View
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Side-View
Nick Czapla Structures-Hab Works in Progress D/h vs. total mass study (Resizing of Heatshield?) Better modeling of vehicle for take off loads Landing loads/landing structure Internal housing struts Tether structural analysis