Structures and mechanisms

Carrying launch loads, then deploying reliably exactly once, in vacuum.

Scope

• Launch loads: quasi-static, acoustic, random vibration, shock
• Materials and mass-optimized structures
• Modal analysis and stiffness requirements
• Deployables: solar arrays, antennas, booms
• Separation systems and release devices

Notes

Nothing written here yet. Working notes go in Research and Learning Lab; anything that becomes durable is promoted onto this page.

References

To be added as the topic is worked through.