Testing large ultra-lightweight spacecraft

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Banik, Jeremy A. (Editor), Jenkins, C. H. (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston, VA : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, [2017]
SeriesProgress in astronautics and aeronautics ; v. 253.
Subjects
Space vehicles > Testing.
Ultralight aircraft > Testing.
Large space structures (Astronautics)
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electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781624104657
1624104657
9781523120703
1523120703
9781624104640
1624104649
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. LULS ; Experiment, test, and demonstration ; It all began with echo ; Where will it end? / Christopher H. Jenkins
  • Structure classifications and test philosophy. Classification of structures ; Purposes for testing ; Considerations of an appropriate test philosophy ; Appropriate tests for space system structures / Phil Henderson
  • Gravity offloading. Selected perspectives on gravity compensation ; Golden rules ; A review of common gravity offloading measures ; Some common apparatus elements ; Development stories / Gyula Greschik
  • Deployment motions and forces. Deployment testing objectives ; Deployment analysis ; Deployment testing ; Case studies / Joe Footdale ; Ed Boesiger ; Satoru Ozawa ; Hiraku Sakamoto ; Yoji Shirasawa ; Sungeun Jeon ; Mathieu Robroek
  • Deployment repeatability. Fundamentals of deployment repeatability analysis ; Full structure and complex substructure testing ; Component-level testing and modeling ; Case studies ; Summary / Olive Stohlman ; Mark Silver ; Dave Waller
  • Structural dynamics. Fundamentals of modal testing ; Adapting structural dynamics testing techniques to large ultra-lightweight spacecraft (LULS) ; Historical modal testing of large ultra-lightweight (gossamer) spacecraft structures ; Recent modal testing of LULS ; Ground testing of ATK solar sail system in ambient and Tvac ; MegaFlex and UltraFlex ; Integrated solar sail diagnostics system / Jonathan T. Black
  • Space flight testing. Introduction ; Preparation ; Case studies ; Comprehensive survey ; Summary / Jeremy A. Banik ; Benjamin J. Urioste.

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