The practical design of low-cost space structures involves the use of approaches that reduce the cost of the design and development effort itself. Such approaches include: (1) design with criteria arrived at rationally; (2) design for simplicity, repeatability, and modularity; (3) assembly without adjustments; (4) design for testability on the ground; (5) the attainment of structural efficiency by configuration and material choice rather than by squeezing down on the design margins; and (6) prefabrication and preassembly before launch. Attention is given to truss platform designs, and the Seasat Extendible Support Structure is discussed as a particular example.
Practical design of low-cost large space structures
1978-10-01
Miscellaneous
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English
PASSIVITY CONTROL WITH PRACTICAL FINITE-TIME CONVERGENCE FOR LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES
British Library Conference Proceedings | 2016
|Some system-cost implications on space structures design
AIAA | 1967
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