Overview

In the aftermath of Hermes Flight 2 the team realized we needed to improve our analytic capability and understanding of the flight fin environment, as well as our testing process. We should understand all of these concepts well enough to write our own wiki articles on them. Even better we should attach design codes along with the wiki articles.

  • Fin Flutter
  • Fin Stiffness Testing
  • Fin Lift Calculations (Supersonic Airfoil theory?)
  • Thermal De-rating of fin materials
  • Shock Wave Impingement
  • Coning
  • Composites Design (Fibersim?)
  • Fin layup process
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