Testing large ultra-lightweight spacecraft / edited by Jeremy A. Banik and Christopher H. Jenkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Banik, Jeremy A., editor.

Jenkins, Christopher H., editor.

Series:

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; Volume 253.

Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; Volume 253

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Space vehicles--Testing.

Space vehicles.

Ultralight aircraft--Evaluation.

Ultralight aircraft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2017]

Summary:

Testing Large Ultra-lightweight Spacecraft documents the novel testing approaches that are unique to large ultra-lightweight space platforms. A follow-on volume to Gossamer Spacecraft: Membrane and Inflatable Structures Technology for Space Applications (AIAA, 2001) and Recent Advances in Gossamer Spacecraft (AIAA, 2006), it addresses continued maturation in the technology as witnessed by the following factors: Deploying larger space platforms from smaller packed volumes, with fewer moving parts and more strain energy enforcements. Deployment articulations are becoming more complex, with more degrees of freedom. Precision space structures are growing larger, forcing flight qualification at the sub-scale level. Testing Large Ultra-lightweight Spacecraft provides the theory, and especially the practice, of testing large, ultra-lightweight spacecraft for designers, testers, and technology managers. It serves as a single repository for the unique approaches taken in validating such structures on the ground and in space.

Contents:

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00_Banik_FM

01_Banik_Ch01

02_Banik_Ch02

03_Banik_Ch03

04_Banik_Ch04

05_Banik_Ch05

06_Banik_Ch06

07_Banik_Ch07

08_Banik_Costo-Interview

10_Banik_Mikulas

11_Banik_Index

12_Banik_SM

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Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-5231-2070-3

1-62410-465-7

OCLC:

1046107022