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Trends in aerospace structuresRecent developments indicate that there may soon be a revolution in aerospace structures. Increases in allowable operational stress levels, utilization of high-strength, high-toughness materials, and new structural concepts will highlight this advancement. Improved titanium and aluminum alloys and high-modulus, high-strength advanced composites, with higher specific properties than aluminum and high-strength nickel alloys, are expected to be the principal materials. Significant advances in computer technology will cause major changes in the preliminary design cycle and permit solutions of otherwise too-complex interactive structural problems and thus the development of vehicles and components of higher performance. The energy crisis will have an impact on material costs and choices and will spur the development of more weight-efficient structures. There will also be significant spinoffs of aerospace structures technology, particularly in composites and design/analysis software.
Document ID
19780059454
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Card, M. F.
(NASA Langley Research Center Structures and Dynamics Div., Hampton, Va., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: Astronautics and Aeronautics
Volume: 16
Subject Category
Structural Mechanics
Accession Number
78A43363
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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