04 Aerospace · UW
Refueling Satellite
2023
Lede
Senior capstone at UW. Designed and analyzed a concept for refueling satellites on orbit.
Detail
Two-semester senior capstone. Picked the refueling problem because there was a real shortage of design work on the docking and propellant-transfer side compared to the launch side. We did trade studies on docking mechanisms, FEA on the structural members, and modeled the propellant transfer under microgravity assumptions. Mechanical engineering at its most fun and least practical.
Stack
- SolidWorks
- ANSYS
- MATLAB