12th International High Energy Materials Conference & Exhibit

December 16-18, 2019 - IITM, Chennai

STRUCTURAL EFFICIENCY OF CREW REENTRY MODULES
Shree Chandra, Pooja Jayakumar, Vishnu Kumar G C , Eusebious Theodosius Chullai, Dilip A Shah
INTRODUCTION School of Aeronautical Sciences
The reentry capsule design is analyzed in The reentry capsule design is analyzed in RESULT
recent studies as ISRO is investigating on recent years to reduce the cost of Maximum stress
crew module reentry experiment studies launching the shuttle every time. In order
along with performance of parachute to understand the reentry vehicle design
based deceleration system. In the present and its parameters the capsule designed by
study, the crew module design is analyzed ISRO, Orion model and Apollo reentry
by varying its shape and material capsules are analyzed in the present study.
characteristics. The experimental model The material characteristics of the model
analysis needs expensive setup for testing. is also analyzed by varying the thickness
Hence simulations of atmospheric reentry of the model.
modules is done on computational fluid
Total Deformation
dynamics using ANSYS® 19.0 for
studying the structural characteristics of
the model.

GEOMETRY

The material characteristics of the present study reveals that HEMCE Delegates
the structural steel is better in withstanding the deformation
of 0.1m while the crew entry module design of ISRO is better
in resisting the deformation than Orion and Apollo capsules.

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Figure 1. (a) Reentry module [2](b) Orion crew module [3] (c) AS 202 Apollo command module [4]. yshreechandra@gmail.com,pjpooja2908@gmail.com