Gossamer Spacecraft : Membrane And Inflatable Structures Technology For Space Applications.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Reston :
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
2000.
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Colección: | Progress in astronautics and aeronautics.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1. Overview of Gossamer Structures""; ""I. Background""; ""II. Applications""; ""A. Solar Arrays""; ""B. Communication Systems""; ""C. Human Habitats""; ""D. Planetary Surface Exploration""; ""E. Radar and Reflect Arrays""; ""F. Solar Concentrators""; ""G. Solar Shades""; ""III. Membranes for Gossamer Structures""; ""IV. Rigidization Technology""; ""V. Analysis and Modeling of Gossamer Structures""; ""VI. Adaptive, Smart, and Multifunctional Gossamer Systems""
- ""A. Adaptive Compensation of Membrane Reflectors""""B. Multifunctional Membranes""; ""C. Smart Structures""; ""VII. Summary""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 2. History of Relevant Inflatable High-Precision Space Structures Technology Developments""; ""I. Introduction""; ""II. Goodyear's Inflatable Structures""; ""A. Inflatable Search Radar Antenna""; ""B. Radar Calibration Sphere""; ""C. Lenticular Inflatable Parabolic Reflector""; ""D. Echo Balloons""; ""E. Contraves Inflatable Structures""
- ""F. Reflector Antenna Concepts for Very Large Baseline Interferometry and Land Mobile Communications""""G. Telescope Sunshade Support Structure""; ""III. L' Garde Inc.'s Inflatable Space Structures""; ""A. L' Garde Inc.'s Simulated Decoys""; ""B. Large Offset Reflector Structure""; ""C. Inflatable Antenna Experiment""; ""IV. ILC Dover's Inflatable Space Structures""; ""A. Large Solar-Array Structure""; ""V. Other Organizations with Inflatable Space Structures Technology Capability""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3. Mechanics of Membrane Structures""; ""Nomenclature""; ""I. Introduction""
- ""A. Definition and Unique Behavior of Membranes""""B. Tensor Analysis""; ""C. Coordinate Systems and Configurations""; ""II. Kinematics of Deformation""; ""A. Motion and Deformation""; ""B. Deformation Gradient, Stretch, and Polar Decomposition""; ""C. Strain Definitions""; ""D. Deformation and Strain Rate""; ""III. Stress and Balance Laws""; ""A. Concept of Stress""; ""B. Stress Definitions""; ""C. Mass Balance""; ""D. Momentum Balance""; ""E. Energy Balance""; ""F. Conjugate Stress and Strain""; ""IV. Constitutive Equations""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Thermomechanics""
- ""C. Thermomechanic Field Theory""""D. Constitutive Relations for Elastic Solids and Sheets""; ""E. Constitutive Laws for Viscoelastic Materials""; ""F. Bodner�Partom�Rubin Model""; ""G. Fabrics""; ""V. Approximations""; ""A. Approximations in the Era of Computational Mechanics""; ""B. Nonlinear Nature of Membrane Problems""; ""C. Approximations in the Context of the Governing Equations""; ""D. Example""; ""E. On Accuracy and Modeling""; ""VI. Analysis of Wrinkled Membranes""; ""A. Introduction""; ""B. Tension-Field Modeling via a Penalty Parameter Modified Constitutive Law""