Three bending-strength tests were performed at Lewis Research Center, on a full-scale Atlas LV-3C booster to determine the bending strength available after the start of compressive wrinkling of the vehicle tank skin. Experimental data are compared with analytical predictions and show a good correlation. A description of these tests, The test results, and a method of analytically evaluating postwrinkling bending of thin-walled pressure-stabilized cylinders are presented.


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    Title :

    Experimental Bending Strength of an Atlas LV-3C Booster beyond Compressive Skin Wrinkling


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    Publication date :

    1969


    Size :

    58 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English