Executive Summary

A primary goal of any rocket structure is to ensure it can withstand the loads the rocket will experience through flight.

Existing Loads Analysis Method @ Waterloo Rocketry

Primarily pioneered by Shirley Kong & Reasoning documented Here

BENDIT7 is a calculator built in excel by Charles Houlthttp://www.rsandt.com/reports.html#StruLoad

The process to come up with loads, roughly outlined:

1. Rocket design is broken into distinct sections, usually per what is convenient for mass estimates or assemby points.

2. The rocket flight is simulated to obtain following parameters at liftoff and MaxQ:

   1. Altitude

   2. Speed

   3. Cg

   4. Cp

   5. [more]

3. All of the fields on the 'inputs' tab are filled in based on data from flight simulations, design parameters, and CAD