Knovel Solutions in Aerospace Engineering: Conducting an Analysis of Structural Vibration in the Space Orbiter

The Space orbiter is the orbital spacecraft of the Space Shuttle program. This space-plane carries crews and payloads, performs on-orbit operations, then re-enters the atmosphere with crews and any on-board payload to the Earth. In this solution story, we evaluate the natural frequency of a rectangular plate and make sure it is far outside the resonance zone.