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Stratospheric biological payload

Mechanical and fluidic subsystem development for a stratospheric biological payload.

Project: Student programme

Biological payload internal assembly beside aluminium enclosure and insulation views. — Internal assembly, enclosure and insulation.

The brief

Integrate a biological experiment within a stratospheric balloon payload, coordinating mechanical, fluidic and thermal interfaces.

The approach

A layered assembly houses the experiment within an enclosure. A separate fluidic mechanism combines actuation, distribution and sample interfaces for RNAlater delivery.

Work shown

Assembly CAD
Subsystem interfaces
Fluidic prototype

CAD assembly and exploded views of the payload’s layered internal architecture. — Exploded views of the internal architecture.

CAD views of the upper internal assembly and layered frame of the Stratospheric biological payload. — Upper assembly: component packaging and frame interfaces.

Printed orange and black fluidic actuation prototype on a laboratory bench. — Physical fluidic actuation prototype.

Diagram of the fluidic actuation, distribution and sample interface. — Actuation, distribution and sample interface.

Biological payload assembly mounted within a balloon gondola. — Payload integration within the balloon gondola.

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