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Loading on the liquid oxygen space shuttle external tank

Fig. 4 from the paper by Michael P. Nemeth, Vicki O. Britt, Richard D. Yound, Timothy J. Collins, and James H. Starnes Jr., "Nonlinear behavior of space shuttle superlightweight liquid-oxygen tank under prelaunch loads, Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 36, No. 6, November-December 1999

This loading can lead to local buckling as displayed on the next slide.

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