UT Tyler NASA Orion Seatback PDR

UT Tyler Orion Seatback Project

Presented By:Valerie Hammontree

Jake Bogdanich

Luke Onderko

Travis Rhea

Jared Stroud

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Outline

Background Purpose Goals Deliverables Product Development Process The Plan Target Specifications The Design Material and Fasteners Next Steps Q&A

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Background

• It will have capabilities to serve a variety of missions from docking at the international space station to expeditions beyond low Earth orbit.

• The Orion MPCV (multi-purpose crew vehicle is NASA’s latest spacecraft for human exploration.

• Orion will support four astronauts on missions up to six months long.

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Purpose

The purpose of this project will be to redesign the seatbacks for the medium-fidelity mockup(MFM), as well as, redesign the seatback for the flight model.

The medium-fidelity mockup is used for training the crew, testing hardware, and ensuring crewmembers can maneuver as needed. The medium-fidelity mockup is not built to the same high standards and quality that the flight model is.

The main focus will be to design the seatbacks for ease of manufacturing and lowering costs.

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Goals

Re-design the current flight model of seatback for cheaper manufacture

Improve stiffness of current headrest design Re-design current MFM Model of seatback Build 4 full-scale seatbacks for MFM Run required analysis of both Flight and MFM

models Meet specifications set by NASA

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Deliverables

Design and analysis results for flight model Design and analysis results for MFM Model 4 full-scale seatbacks with headrests for MFM Instruction/installation manual for MFM

seatback Presentation for completed project

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Product Development Process

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Four Phases of Product Development

PlanningPlanning

Phase 0

ConceptDevelopment

ConceptDevelopment

Phase 1

System-LevelDesign

System-LevelDesign

Phase 2

DetailDesign

DetailDesign

Phase 3

Testing andRefinement

Testing andRefinement

Phase 4

ProductionRamp-Up

ProductionRamp-Up

Phase 5

After Ulrich and Eppinger,

Exhibit 1- 4

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MissionStatement

DevelopmentPlan

IdentifyCustomer

Needs

EstablishTargetSpecs.

GenerateProduct

Concepts

SelectProduct

Concept(s)

TestProduct

Concept(s)

PlanDownstreamDevelopment

SetFinal

Specs.

Problem Seeking

Problem Solving

Product Development Process

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The Plan

Research Set Specs

Design and Test for Flight

Design and Test for MFM

Build for MFM

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The Plan

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Target Specs

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More Specs

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The Design

Design 1: Cast…machine to dimensions Design 2: Modular 1…framed and slotted Design 3: Modular 2…Meshed ribs, side rails

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Design 1

• Cast part with honeycomb included

• Machine to exact dimensions

• Bolt on attachment brackets

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Design 2

• Start with frame• Machine slots for

ribs• Bend top surface• Slide ribs in and

brace with L-brackets

• Bolt on attachment brackets

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Design 3

• Machine side rails

• Bend top surface

• Machine ribs to mesh together-attach with L-brackets

• Add backing plate

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The Final Design

NamingConvention:

1. Side Rails2. Adjustment

Holes3. Attachment

Brackets4. Longitudinal

L-Brackets5. Top Surface6. End Plates7. Lateral and

Longitudinal Ribs8. Backing Plate

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Materials and Fasteners

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Materials and Fasteners

• Flight Model

• 7075 for entire Pro-E model

• MFM

• 6061 or 2024 depending on required machining

• 3003-H14 for top surface

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What’s Next?

This Semester: Begin FEA and tweaking We plan to have a final design by the end of this

semester (Early December)

Next Semester: Build for MFM Test Report

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Q&A