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Shell Buckling Test
Tuesday, December 17, 2013 12:21
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NASA completed a series of high-tech can-crushing tests as an enormous fuel tank crumbled under the pressure of almost a million pounds of force, all in the name of building lighter, more affordable rockets. The rare test with an aluminum-lithium cylinder as large as a full-size rocket fuel tank was conducted inside the structural test area at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
Source: http://moonandback.com/2013/12/17/shell-buckling-test/
