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HMM<br />

Assessment Study<br />

Report: CDF-20(A)<br />

February 2004<br />

page 331 of 422<br />

With the mass indicated at the bottom of the SHM, for the two cases analysed, the centre of<br />

gravity of the MEV is:<br />

• CASE 1: 5.04 m<br />

• CASE 2: 4.98 m<br />

After a preliminary analysis using a cantilever beam, the first lateral eigen-frequency results in<br />

72.8 Hz for the SHM.<br />

The interior of the SHM is divided into two floors. The floor of the second level is assumed to<br />

be a plate, which has to support a uniform maximum load of 10 tonnes. This plate is made of<br />

aluminium, with 3.592 m diameter and 4 mm thick, [RD2]<br />

For strength of the SHM, it was assumed to have a ring every 0.5 m. The aim of these rings is to<br />

give the necessary rigidity to the SHM. The design requirement used for the rings, for a twinwalled<br />

cylinder, was the Shanley design requirement:<br />

4<br />

N cr R<br />

( EI ) Ring =<br />

1273.<br />

L<br />

Where Ncr is the axial load to be applied, R the radius of the cylinder and L the mutual distance<br />

between the rings. With this requirement the dimensions obtained for the aluminium rings was:<br />

110mm for cross-section length and 5 mm for cross section thickness and web thickness, with a<br />

C cross-section area.<br />

4.3.10.4 Budget<br />

Item Nr. Mass [kg] Margin [%] Mass with Margin [kg]<br />

SHM Skin 1 931.79 5 978.38<br />

SHM Stiffeners 1 465.89 0 465.89<br />

Ring Cylindrical part SHM 14 49.50 0 49.50<br />

Ring Cone Part SHM 1 20.16 0 20.16<br />

Floor-SHM 1 112.28 5 117.89<br />

Support Cone 1 72.45 10 79.70<br />

TOTAL 2355<br />

4.4 Descent Module<br />

Table 4-36: SHM structures mass budget<br />

4.4.1 Entry Analysis<br />

The entry analysis was performed as part of the Mission Analysis contribution to the CDF study.<br />

4.4.1.1 Requirements and design drivers<br />

The main requirement was to obtain a feasible entry trajectory for a low-lift inflatable aeroshell.<br />

De-orbiting shall take place from a low circular orbit. The aeroshell shall be guided via<br />

controlled variation of the bank angle, this changes the direction of the lift vector. Violent or<br />

complex control actions shall be avoided and a wide margin shall remain between the current<br />

value of the control parameter and the control boundaries, at the initial part of the entry.

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