Overview
The nose cone tip is an important feature of the rocket because of the high temperatures that the rocket
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Below are the dimensions for the plastic nose cone tip. For simplicity, we decided to use a linear cone.
The plastic nose cone tip is shown below. The radius of the tip was too large (as seen in the picture, there is a mismatch between the radial tip and where the tip becomes linear).
For our flight nose cone tip, we decreased the tip radius so that it was not as blunt as the plastic tip. The flight nose cone tip is shown below.
Analysis
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Structural Analysis
Thermal Analysis
Thermal analysis of the nose cone tip was conducted in Solidworks. The length of the nose cone tip was determined by
thermal analysis of the entire nosecone; a temperature profile was generated by setting the temperature at the very tip to
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