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Large Payload Hiad Systems: Development Of Computationally Efficient Modeling Strategies And Structural Investigations, Andrew C. Young
Large Payload Hiad Systems: Development Of Computationally Efficient Modeling Strategies And Structural Investigations, Andrew C. Young
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The hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD) system under development by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has the potential to deliver the size of payloads to the Martian surface that will be necessary for future human-scale missions. An important step in realizing the promise of the HIAD system is to understand the structural behavior of this inflatable, textile, relatively compliant system. This is accomplished through structural testing and the development of structural modeling and analysis methodologies and tools. The structural modeling tools that have been developed to date utilize a continuum, shell-based finite element (FE) analysis approach. This methodology …