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Optimization of composite material


Wired temp sensors

Finite element analysis is used to optimize composite material details
like shell thickness and fiber orientation. Loading conditions include
acoustic, thrust and shaking from launch vehicle and rocket motors.
These images correspond to loading conditions and fiber orientation within the composite material.

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Contest?

Maybe Astrobotic is doing a contest, where you win something if you can tell what these are. I think they are sailboats at a Carnegie-Mellon regatta.

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I'm not entirely sure I

I'm not entirely sure I understand these pictures. What am I looking at? What part of the vehicle?