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Fracture Control Requirements for Composite and Bonded Vehicle and Payload Structures

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MSFC-RQMT-3479
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MSFC - Marshall Space Flight Center
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This document provides the fracture control requirements for composite and bonded structures
used in the construction of MSFC manned vehicle and payload hardware. The scope includes
manned launch, retrieval, transfer, and landing vehicles, space habitats, and payloads or
experiments that are launched, retrieved, stored, or operated during any portion of a manned
spaceflight mission.
Fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites, sandwich construction (bonded metallic and
nonmetallic), and bonds between metallic or composite parts fall within the scope of this
document.
Metal and ceramic matrix structures, foam, flexible inflatable structures, liquid-fueled rocket
engines, and solid propellants are specifically excluded. Also, fracture control of metallic
parts/structures are not specifically covered by this document, but where metallics are used in
conjunction with composites or bonds, all the provisions of this document shall be met.
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