Spacecraft Structures

General.- Design Process.- Launch Vehicle Systems.- Spacecraft Subsystems.- Design and Safety factors.- Spacecraft Design Loads.- Test Verification.- Design of Spacecraft structure.- Strength and Stiffness of Structural Elements.- Sandwich Construction.- Finite Element Analysis.- Stiffness/Flexibility Analysis.- Material Selection.- Spacecraft Mass.- Natural Frequencies, an Approximation.- Modal Effective Mass.- Dynamic Model Reduction Methods.- Dynamic Substructuring, Component Mode Synthesis.- Output Transformation Matrices.- Coupled Dynamic Loads Analysis.- Random Vibrations Simplified Response Analysis.- Fatigue Life Prediction.- Shock-Response Spectrum.- Damage to Spacecraft by Meteoroids and Orbital Debris.- Prescribed Averaged Temperatures.- Thermal-elastic Stresses.- Coefficients of thermal & moisture expansion.- Venting Holes.- Examples.