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Show HN: r/SpaceX Community Starship Loads Model Experiment
- app4soft 7y agoThis is r/SpaceX community project curated by u/Czarified.[1,2,3] > So What is a Loads Model? > In traditional aircraft design, a coarse Finite Element Model (FEM) is developed to apply loadcases during the sizing and initial testing phase of the program. I believe there are other methods still used, and I don't really know how SpaceX is developing their craft, but there are significant advantages to this method. For one, the model can be used to determine the load distribution for internal structure during complex flight cases (including gross thermal loads). Additionally, loadcases can be created, applied, and revised to determine feasibility and flight envelope capability (or vice versa). It's usefulness is degraded when you start to consider re-entry effect, but as part of this project I'd like to explore that and see what we can actually simulate. 3D model/mesh (Starship.vsp3) designed using OpenVSP[4,5] — NASA's FLOSS CAD app. FTR, Any contributions are welcome! [0] https://www.reddit.com/user/Czarified https://www.reddit.com/user/Czarified [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/awy9t1/cslm_an_introduction_to_my_latest_project/ https://www.reddit.com/r/SpaceXLounge/comments/awy9t1/cslm_a... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/cgmvxi/community_starship_loads_model_chapter_2/ https://www.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/cgmvxi/community_st... [3] https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/d14032/community_starship_loads_model_chapter_3_ld01/ https://old.reddit.com/r/spacex/comments/d14032/community_st... [4] http://openvsp.org http://openvsp.org [5] https://github.com/OpenVSP/OpenVSP https://github.com/OpenVSP/OpenVSP