Friday, March 4, 2011

NASA - NASA Readies for World's Largest Can Crusher Test

NASA Readies for World's Largest Can Crusher Test
02.25.11

A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test.
A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test.
A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test.
A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test.
A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test.
A massive test article moves into location at the Marshall Center Engineering Test Laboratory in preparation for a Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test. Preparing for Shell Buckling Knockdown Factor test at the Marshall Center. (NASA/MSFC)
View all images Place a soda can on the floor in an upright position and then stand on it -- gradually applying weight -- until the can ripples and collapses.

It's similar to what a team of NASA engineers will do to an immense aluminum-lithium rocket fuel tank in late March; their hope is to use data from the test to generate new "shell-buckling design factors" that will enable light-weight, safe and sturdy "skins" for future launch vehicles.

via nasa.gov

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