AAE 450 Spring 2008 Brandon White 1/17/2008 Structures Group Contact Interface Loads Pressure Vessel Materials

AAE 450 Spring 2008 Strength vs. Mass and Cost Structures $ $ $ $ $ $ TBD $ $ $ $76942 TBD Composites?

AAE 450 Spring 2008 Tank Specification Model  Outputs possible tank configurations given different combinations of input.  Compares Spherical Tanks to Cylindrical Tanks Group Name (i.e.Trajectory Optimization) Future Work  Investigation of Aluminum-Lithium Alloys/Composites, Chemical Treatments to prevent Corrosion  Effects of Temperature on Material Strength

AAE 450 Spring 2008 Backup Slides – References  Bedford, A., Fowler, W., and Liechti, K.M., Statics and Mechanics of Materials, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ  Brandt, Steven., Introduction to Aeronautics: A Design Perspective, AIAA, Reston, VA,  Roylance, David., “Pressure Vessels,” Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT, Cambridge, MA, Aug  Anonymous, “Al-Li Plates," Alcan Aerospace, France, June, [ aerospace.com/aerospace/aerospace.nsf/0/BBFE58394E11E854C12572F A /$FILE/Alcan_2095_Al-Li_plates.pdf?OpenElement] aerospace.com/aerospace/aerospace.nsf/0/BBFE58394E11E854C12572F A /$FILE/Alcan_2095_Al-Li_plates.pdf?OpenElement  Anonymous, “Online Metals Home Page,” ThyssenKrupp Materials, Seattle, [ Group Name (i.e.Trajectory Optimization)

AAE 450 Spring 2008 Backup Slides – Cost Group Name (i.e.Trajectory Optimization)

AAE 450 Spring 2008 Backup Slides – Cost Group Name (i.e.Trajectory Optimization)