Space shuttles are imposed with wind force vibrations that have detrimental effects for their take off performance. Tow spring dampers were designed and selected to damp the vibration based on natural and imposed frequencies.
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Whole mechanism was structurally analyzed with FE analyses in ANSYS. Altair Hyperworks was the main preprocessor for mesh generation.
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Durability of all joints were evaluated in MSC Fatigue with regard to load history of wind forces.
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![]() Space shuttle, single-point mechanism and stand
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![]() Designed Damper and spring Coefficient |
![]() Designed Stand
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Performed modal analysis
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![]() ![]() Rocker finite element analysis |