Project description
New software helps optimise the weight of space launcher structures
Anisogrid structures – grid-like designs with different mechanical properties in all directions – are the game-changing technology to save weight, reduce costs and improve performance in modern spacecraft and launchers. Despite their potential, there are currently no cost-effective automated commercial solutions to optimise anisogrid structures. Furthermore, most software solutions rely on computationally demanding finite element analysis methods or manual/semi-automated optimisation protocols. The EU-funded ANISOPTER project plans to use analytic equations to predict the behaviour of anisogrid structures, exploring millions of configurations. The goal is to obtain 10–40 % lighter structures than state-of-the-art in just a few minutes.
Fields of science
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesmeteorology
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringastronautical engineeringspacecraft
- engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcomposites
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energywind power
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Funding Scheme
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinator
28770 Madrid
Spain
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