PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF GRIDS FOR

STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT OF METAL
SHEETS USED IN SPACE VEHICLES

PROJECT MEMBERS GUIDE

1. AKASH SHUKLA(1PE17ME014) MR. CHANDRU. A
2. HARSHITH P REDDY(1PE17ME046)
(ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)
3. ABDUL MANNAAN BALTI(1PE17ME003)
4. ANAND KUMAR(1PE17ME020)

PROGRESS

(Completed)-

 Research done on all the recent and earlier design technologies implemented in the
project.
 The original project to use iso-grids was already implemented. Research gap was
found when webbing angles were modified to 90 degree from the former 60 degree.
 Selection of appropriate materials, we will use Carbon-epoxy composite which has a
high Young’s modulus of 70 GPa.

DESIGN CALCULATIONS

1. MATERIAL SELECTION
CARBON EPOXY COMPOSITE MATERIAL
DENSITY - 1.6 gm. /cm3
YOUNG’S MODULUS - 70 GPa
TENSILE STREGTH - 600 MPa
2. DESIGN PARAMETERS

PARAMETERS VALUE(mm)
(a) LENGTH OF PLATE (L) 500
(b) WIDTH OF PLATE (w) 300
(c) BASE THICKNESS (d) 10
(THICKNESS OF UNSTIFFENED PLATE)
(d) SKIN THICKNESS (t) 4
(e) RIB(GRID) HEIGHT (h) 6
(f) RIB(GRID) THICKNESS (b) 1.5
 3. LOAD TESTING OF METAL SHEET (theoretical)

LENGTH OF METAL SHEET = 500 mm

WIDTH OF METAL SHEET = 300 mm
THICKNESS OF METAL SHEET = 10 mm
LOAD APPLIED = 100 KN

(a) Load case 1 : fixed at one end, bending load on free end
𝐹𝐿3 𝑤𝑑3
𝛿= ; 𝐼=
3𝐸𝐼 3

(300) ∗ (10)3
𝐼= = 105 𝑚𝑚4 = 10−7 𝑚4
3
(100 ∗ 103 ) ∗ (500 ∗ 10−3 )3
𝛿= 9 −7 𝑚 = 5.9523 ∗ 10−4 𝑚
3 ∗ (70 ∗ 10 ) ∗ (10 )
𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 100∗103 𝐾𝑁
𝑘(𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠) = = = 168.002
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 5.9523∗10−4 𝑚𝑚

(b) Load case 2 : two ends fixed with transverse load

𝐹𝐿3 𝑤𝑑3
𝛿= ; 𝐼=
192𝐸𝐼 3

(300) ∗ (10)3
𝐼= = 105 𝑚𝑚4 = 10−7 𝑚4
3
(100 ∗ 103 ) ∗ (500 ∗ 10−3)3
𝛿= 9 −7 𝑚 = 9.3004 ∗ 10−6 𝑚
(
192 ∗ 70 ∗ 10 ∗ 10) ( )
𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒 100∗103 𝐾𝑁
𝑘 (𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠) = = = 10.75 ∗ 103
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 9.3004∗10−6 𝑚𝑚

𝑎 = 20 𝑚𝑚 𝑠 = 𝑎 ∗ √3 = 34.64 𝑚𝑚
Same mass is achieved if the perimeter-to-area ratio is designed to be the same for both orthogrid and isogrid.

𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 4 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟 4√3

= (1) (1) = (2) = (2)
𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑎 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎 𝑠

4 4√3 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑠
= → 𝑠 = √3 ∗ 𝑎
𝑎 𝑠