Flange F-07 is the bottom flight computer mount. The flange will be constructed out of 1/16 inch thick 1100 Aluminum Alloy and have an approximate outer diameter of 6 inches. The flange will be attached to the support structure through the three holes and the outer edge is expected to fit tightly against the skin. The flight computer will be mounted in the center of the flange and will be free to move. It is not expected that this flange will have any real chance of failing, but just out of curiosity the flange was tested for the worst case scenario. In this scenario, the flange will experience the total thrust through the support structure and the outer edges against the skin are considered stationary.
2. Materials:
No.
Part
Name
Material
Mass
Volume
1
F-07
[SW]AL-1100-H2
0.0228443 kg
8.43004e-006 m^3
3. Load &
Restraint Information:
Restraint
Restraint-1 <F-07>
on 3 Faces fixed.
Load
Force-1
<F-04>
on 3 Faces apply force 15 lb normal to reference plane with respect to selected reference Face <1> using uniform distribution
As expected the flange will survive this scenario. Although the factor of safety appears to be rather low, under nominal conditions the flange will not see any forces close to those applied in this case. this is also not a critical flange.
