Example 9, Slide 10: Optimized design of a short propellant tank with one set of supporting struts, called "aft"

This is Fig. 9 from the 2013 GENOPT paper1. Shown here is an elevation view of the optimized design of the short propellant tank with one set of struts, called "aft", with 4 pairs of struts in this one set. Compare with the starting configuration shown in the previous slide. (NOTE: In this elevation view only one of the four pairs of struts is displayed). This optimum design was found with use of the “temporary” (varying density) versions of bosdec (bosdec.density.var) and addbosor4 (addbosor4.density.var).

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