Aerostructure

About the team

The Aerostructure team is in charged of the Structural Design and Optimization. It is involved in every structural system of the vehicles as well as in the design process. Using theoretical and experimental data, the team studies different materials for the final structure of the vehicle. Fuselage is also in charged of ensuring the correct behaviour of every structure, as well as all the prototyping carried out before deciding on the final structures.

One of the biggest sources of motivation is the ability to create something completely new and innovative. Not just to see it in front of a computer, but to make it, test it, optimize it, and watch it fulfil its purpose above us all. We are capable of innovating. The design is carried out completely in software (CAD) supported by classic analytical calculations and finite element simulations (FEM), the design of the composite materials that make up the main structure and their union with metallic alloys is also carried out.

The team also designs and implements the tools used for real-time visualization of the data received through telemetry. The team's tasks are vital during launches as well, serving as a connection point with the vehicle and carrying out all relevant checks of the rocket's status thanks to telemetry.

Highlight Projects

ASTREA-C

The team developed all the elements on the fuselage of our vehicle Astrea-C. Carrying all the needed tests, the most important being the test of the recovery system.

The also did the manufacturing of the launch rail. It was the rail we used for Astrea-C as well as for the following vehicles.

GENERATIVE DESIGN

Generative design techniques have been used to guide and influence the design but
never to entirely replace engineering judgement. These allow the process to be easy and dynamic.

Once the piece is created
we transfer it to our main CAD program to do the needed changes and simulations needed, making all the process quickier.

PÍCARO

With the acceptance to EuRoC 2024, the team is preparing the preliminary design of the vehicle to figure out how and where everything fits, and again working on the recovery system of the vehicle we will bring to EuRoC.

The Aerostructure department has been in charge of the rocket´s manufacturing. Printing 3D molds that will be used later for shaping the carbon and glass fiber pieces that have our fuselage.