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Structural Considerations of Inflatable Reentry VehiclesThe state of the design art for inflated structures applicable to reentry vehicles is discussed. Included are material properties, calculations of buckling and collapse loads, and calculations of deflections and vibration frequencies. A new theory for the analysis of inflated plates is presented and compared with experiment.
Document ID
19980228194
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Other - NASA Technical Note (TN)
Authors
Leonard, Robert W. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Brooks, George W. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
McComb, Harvey G., Jr. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1960
Subject Category
Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance
Report/Patent Number
L-1080
NASA-TN-D-457
Report Number: L-1080
Report Number: NASA-TN-D-457
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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