A Stress Analysis on the Inner Gimbal Drive Shaft of the Human Centrifuge for Various Gondola Loading Conditions

摘要

The purpose of this report is to supplement the various technical reports issued by the McKiernan-Terry Corporation (1) for the maximum torque limitation on the inner gimbal drive shaft of the Johnsville human centrifuge. The report will define means of computing limits on unbalanced loading of the gondola for various dynamic conditions. To this extent, theory will be checked by experimental results.