Mechanical Vibrations in Spacecraft Design

All typical and special modal and response analysis methods, applied within the frame of the design of spacecraft structures, are described in this book. It therefore addresses graduate students and engineers in the aerospace field.

Inhalt

1 Introduction.- 2 Single Degree of Freedom System.- 3 Damping Models.- 4 Multi-Degrees of Freedom Linear Dynamic Systems.- 5 Modal Analysis.- 6 Natural Frequencies, an Approximation.- 7 Modal Effective Mass.- 8 Response Analysis.- 9 Transient-Response Analysis.- 10 Shock-Response Spectrum.- 11 Random Vibration of Linear Dynamic Systems.- 12 Low-Frequency Acoustic Loads, Structural Responses.- 13 Statistical Energy Analysis.- 14 Free-free Dynamic Systems, Inertia Relief.- 15 Mode Acceleration Method.- 16 Residual Vectors.- 17 Dynamic Model Reduction Methods.- 18 Component Mode Synthesis.- 19 Load Transformation Matrices.- References.- Author Index.