Structure Design and Analysis for the Spacecraft On-Orbit Replacement Unit (ORU)

Abstract:

By using on-orbit replacement and assembly technology, some fresh ideas and methods for the design, produce and application of spacecraft were put forward. Universal structure is one of the most basic requirements of On-Orbit replacement, assembly. Module structure must obey the rules of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS). According to the degree of spacecraft module division, two module structures were proposed, and the complex structure was analyzed to verify the correctness of it.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 449-453
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.437.449
• Online since: October 2013
• Authors: Xi Zhai*, Xin Hong Li, Si Yin Zhou
• Keywords: Module Structure, On-Orbit Assembly, ORU, Structural Analysis

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