Structures and Mechanisms Card Storming

Version 5 (Jeremy Wright, 10/30/2014 09:05 pm)

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h1. Structures and Mechanisms Card Storming
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h2. Unsorted list of ideas
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* DIGITAL FABRICATION OF COMPONENTS AND MECHANISMS
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* AN OPEN PLATFORM OF STANDARDS (Like LEGOS)
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* PAYLOAD MOUNT FOR ARDUINOS
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* UPGRADED ELECTRONICS PAYLOAD STRUCTURES - LIKE FOR FIN-FACING CAMERAS
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* FABRICATION IN MAKERSPACES WITH LOCAL TOOLS
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* EXPERIMENT WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES
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* SOFTWARE TOOLS - CODECAD AND OPENSOURCECAD (CADQUERY)
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* COLLAPSIBLE AND EXPANDABLE MECHANISMS (“ORAGAMI ROCKET”)
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* THE “BLACK BOX” FOR MODEL ROCKET (CHEAP, DURABLE, RECOVERABLE, LIKE www.carbonorigins.com)
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* HARDWARE TOOLS AND JIGS
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* SCALABLE PARTS, AND THE ASSOCIATED STANDARDS FOR USING THEM
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* SOFTWARE - STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS TOOLS (LIKE FEA, NASTRAN, etc.)
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* (linked to propulsion as well) PROPULSION TEST STAND STRUCTURE
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* (stretching outside the box a bit) SCALE MODEL OF A SIMULATED LAUNCH COMPLEX.  FULL GROUND OPS SIMULATION
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* (linked in to aerodynamics as well) FIN DESIGN BASED ON J’S MASTERS THESIS (OPTIMIZING SUPERSONIC STRUCTURES TO PREVENT FLUTTER)
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* STRUCTURAL TESTING (DESTRUCTIVE OR OTHERWISE)
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* STRUCTURAL DESIGN BEST PRACTICES FOR MANUFACTURING, AND OPERATIONS, (AKA LIFECYCLE CONSIDERATION)
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* STRUCTURAL INTERACTIONS WITH THE GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
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* MATERIALS TESTING FORM AN ENVIRONMENTAL PERSPECTIVE (UV, THERMAL, (eventually) VACUUM
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* STRUCTURAL INCORPORATION OF A “MISSION OBJECTIVE” (like rube goldburg, or scientific experiment)
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* (linked to electrical/power)  HOW TO INCORPORATE POWER STORAGE INTO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
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* ADDRESSING REUSABILITY CONCERNS WITH RESPECT TO STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS
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* HIGH-RELIABILITY RECOVERY SYSTEM (MECHANISMS)
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* (building on Legos idea) Modular model rocket kit (1 kit, several rockets; maybe based around "NARTREK":http://www.nar.org/model-rocket-info/nartek-skills-program/ missions)
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* Structural Analysis software for both dynamic and static analysis
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* Launch Pad design/structures
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* Go extermely small size (Just how small can I get it?)
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** sharing files, etc
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** educational/entertainment
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** very open source
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* Evaluation/research of tools and machines required to build rockets at scale we are looking at -> Toolset analysis
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* Make sure the materials research covers non-obvious choices (to us at least) like composites, etc
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* unconventional rockets, like rocket/jet-powered rotors
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