Gossamer spacecraft [[electronic resource] ] : membrane and inflatable structures technology for space applications / / edited by Christopher H.M. Jenkins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910781540103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Reston, Va., : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, c2001
• ISBN: 1-60086-661-1; 1-60086-442-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (604 p.)
• Collana: Progress in astronautics and aeronautics ; ; v. 191
• Altri autori (Persone): JenkinsC. H
• Disciplina: 629.1 s; 629.47
• Soggetti: Expandable space structures; Space vehicles - Materials; Membranes (Technology)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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. Bodnerâ€?Partomâ€?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""; ""VII. Experimental Analysis""