Spacecraft Structures - Wijker, J. Jaap.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
General -- Design Process -- Launch Vehicle Systems -- Spacecraft Subsystems -- Design and Safety factors -- Spacecraft Design Loads -- Test Verification -- Design of Spacecraft structure -- Strength and Stiffness of Structural Elements -- Sandwich Construction -- Finite Element Analysis -- Stiffness/Flexibility Analysis -- Material Selection -- Spacecraft Mass -- Natural Frequencies, an Approximation -- Modal Effective Mass -- Dynamic Model Reduction Methods -- Dynamic Substructuring, Component Mode Synthesis -- Output Transformation Matrices -- Coupled Dynamic Loads Analysis -- Random Vibrations Simplified Response Analysis -- Fatigue Life Prediction -- Shock-Response Spectrum -- Damage to Spacecraft by Meteoroids and Orbital Debris -- Prescribed Averaged Temperatures -- Thermal-elastic Stresses -- Coefficients of thermal & moisture expansion -- Venting Holes -- Examples.
Keywords: Automotive engineering; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Aerospace engineering; Astronautics; Vibration; Dynamical systems; Dynamics; Engineering design; Automotive Engineering; Solid Mechanics; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control; Engineering Design