Airbrakes Material Selection

Comprehensive material selection analysis for rocket airbrakes

This project was completed for Mate 300: Materials Selection with a friend. The goal was to perform a full material, cost, and environmental analysis of an engineering design relevant to other coursework/clubwork. We ended up choosing to perform a materials selection study for the airbrakes on the Cal Poly Space Systems amateur rocket. Below is both a presenation and full report.

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