Application of Modal Synthesis Concepts to Spacecraft Design Verification,

Abstract

A spacecraft never will be subjected to the flight environment for which it was designed until it is launched. To ensure safety and reliability of the structure, one is left to demonstrate that it can withstand all loads to be expected during launch and during its life in orbit prior one will risk to put it onto a launcher. The only argument the structural engineer is endowed with is a calculation of the dynamic response and of internal loads under certain specified dynamic environments. This is done using a mathematical model representing the dynamic characteristics of the structure - and certainly more or less realistically. The general way to model a complex structural system is the method to discretize it by means of large finite-element (FE) program systems.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADP003674

Entities

People

  • A. Bertram

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Dynamic Response
  • Dynamics
  • Engineers
  • Environment
  • Launchers
  • Mathematical Models
  • Models
  • Reliability
  • Spacecraft
  • Universities
  • Verification

Fields of Study

  • Engineering
  • Physics

Readers

  • Missile Defense Systems.
  • Structural Dynamics.
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Spacecraft Maneuvers