The current status of the Lightweight Composite Intertank Structures (LCIS) study, a program aimed at developing technologies required to apply advanced composite materials to launch vehicle primary structures, is reviewed. The launch system concept used for establishing design requirements consisted of a fully reusable winged booster and a partially reusable core vehicle. The component selected from this system for design and manufacturing studies was the core vehicle intertank adapter, a component consisting of approximately 26-ft diameter by 25 ft long stiffened cylindrical structure that separates the liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks on the core vehicle. The discussion covers the program approach, design requirements, material properties, structural analysis, and the test program.


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    Title :

    Design and analysis of composite primary structures for advanced launch vehicles


    Contributors:
    Rix, C. (author)

    Conference:

    Technical Conference of the American Society for Composites ; 1990 ; East Lansing, MI, United States


    Publication date :

    1990-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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