DEFINITION:
(ascent, entry, …) Includes all related technologies for the development of vehicle primary and secondary structures, control surfaces, shields etc.
(source: ESA TD 20G)
SUBDOMAINS:
- Technologies for Design and Verification of Advanced Primary Structures: Including structural concepts for highly-loaded components, manufacturing methodologies e.g. fibre placement, RTM etc.
- Advanced Tank Design and Verification Technologies: Including metallic and composite tanks, interfaces to primary structure, HMS, NDI, damage tolerance approaches, etc.
- Landing Attenuation Technologies: Including airbag technologies, landing legs, application of crushable materials, foams etc.
- Control Surfaces, Design and Verification Technologies: Including design with ceramics as well as advanced metallic alloys, combined mechanical–thermal test methodologies etc.
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Upper level
Sections at this level
- 01 Structural Design and Verification, Methods and Tools
- 02 Special & Advanced types of Structures
- 03 Damage Tolerance & Health Monitoring
- 04 Launcher, re-entry and planetary vehicle structures
- 05 Meteoroid & Debris protection (shield design and analysis)
- 06 Novel Materials & Materials Technology
- 07 Material Processes (including modelling of behaviour and properties and obsolescence)
- 08 Cleanliness & Sterilization
- 09 Space environments effects on materials & processes
- 10 Materials for Electronics Assemblies
- 11 Mechanisms engineering and core technology
- 12 Release mechanisms
- 13 Mechanisms control electronics
- 14 MEMS & special types of mechanisms