{"title":"Launch vehicles conceptual design and structural analysis: an integrated approach via FEM","authors":"Sergio Chiesa, Marco Di Sciuva, Luca Testore","doi":"10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00011-7","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>In this paper a conceptual design methodology for launch vehicles which makes use of a finite element-based structural analysis is developed. The proposed methodology is then tested by applying it to the conceptual design of single stage to orbit (SSTO), vertical take-off and horizontal landing (VTHL), rocket engines<span> powered reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), like Venture Star.</span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":100070,"journal":{"name":"Aircraft Design","volume":"2 3","pages":"Pages 117-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1999-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S1369-8869(99)00011-7","citationCount":"6","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Aircraft Design","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369886999000117","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper a conceptual design methodology for launch vehicles which makes use of a finite element-based structural analysis is developed. The proposed methodology is then tested by applying it to the conceptual design of single stage to orbit (SSTO), vertical take-off and horizontal landing (VTHL), rocket engines powered reusable launch vehicles (RLVs), like Venture Star.