Spacecraft Structures

1. General

2. Design Process

3. Launch Vehicle Systems

4. Spacecraft Subsystems

5. Design and Safety factors

6. Spacecraft Design Loads

7. Test Verification

8. Design of Spacecraft structure

9. Strength and Stiffness of Structural Elements

10. Sandwich Construction

11. Finite Element Analysis

12. Stiffness/Flexibility Analysis

13. Material Selection

14. Spacecraft Mass

15. Natural Frequencies, an Approximation

16. Modal Effective Mass

17. Dynamic Model Reduction Methods

18. Dynamic Substructuring, Component Mode Synthesis

19. Output Transformation Matrices

20. Coupled Dynamic Loads Analysis

21. Random Vibrations Simplified Response Analysis

22. Fatigue Life Prediction

23. Shock-Response Spectrum

24. Damage to Spacecraft by Meteoroids and Orbital Debris

25. Prescribed Averaged Temperatures

26. Thermal-elastic Stresses

27. Coefficients of thermal & moisture expansion

28. Venting Holes

29. Examples

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