@inproceedings{DachwaldBaturkinCoverstoneetal.2005, author = {Dachwald, Bernd and Baturkin, Volodymyr and Coverstone, Victoria and Diedrich, Ben and Garbe, Gregory and G{\"o}rlich, Marianne and Leipold, Manfred and Lura, Franz and Macdonald, Malcolm and McInnes, Colin and Mengali, Giovanni and Quarta, Alessandro and Rios-Reyes, Leonel and Scheeres, Daniel J. and Seboldt, Wolfgang and Wie, Bong}, title = {Potential effects of optical solar sail degredation on trajectory design}, series = {AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist}, booktitle = {AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist}, pages = {1 -- 23}, year = {2005}, abstract = {The optical properties of the thin metalized polymer films that are projected for solar sails are assumed to be affected by the erosive effects of the space environment. Their degradation behavior in the real space environment, however, is to a considerable degree indefinite, because initial ground test results are controversial and relevant inspace tests have not been made so far. The standard optical solar sail models that are currently used for trajectory design do not take optical degradation into account, hence its potential effects on trajectory design have not been investigated so far. Nevertheless, optical degradation is important for high-fidelity solar sail mission design, because it decreases both the magnitude of the solar radiation pressure force acting on the sail and also the sail control authority. Therefore, we propose a simple parametric optical solar sail degradation model that describes the variation of the sail film's optical coefficients with time, depending on the sail film's environmental history, i.e., the radiation dose. The primary intention of our model is not to describe the exact behavior of specific film-coating combinations in the real space environment, but to provide a more general parametric framework for describing the general optical degradation behavior of solar sails. Using our model, the effects of different optical degradation behaviors on trajectory design are investigated for various exemplary missions.}, language = {en} } @article{Staat2005, author = {Staat, Manfred}, title = {Local and global collapse pressure of longitudinally flawed pipes and cylindrical vessels}, series = {International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 82 (2005), H. 3}, journal = {International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 82 (2005), H. 3}, isbn = {0308-0161}, pages = {217 -- 225}, year = {2005}, language = {en} } @article{Staat2005, author = {Staat, Manfred}, title = {Local and global collapse pressure of longitudinally flawed pipes and cylindrical vessels}, year = {2005}, abstract = {Limit loads can be calculated with the finite element method (FEM) for any component, defect geometry, and loading. FEM suggests that published long crack limit formulae for axial defects under-estimate the burst pressure for internal surface defects in thick pipes while limit loads are not conservative for deep cracks and for pressure loaded crack-faces. Very deep cracks have a residual strength, which is modelled by a global collapse load. These observations are combined to derive new analytical local and global collapse loads. The global collapse loads are close to FEM limit analyses for all crack dimensions.}, subject = {Finite-Elemente-Methode}, language = {en} } @article{Staat2005, author = {Staat, Manfred}, title = {Direct finite element route for design-by-analysis of pressure components}, year = {2005}, abstract = {In the new European standard for unfired pressure vessels, EN 13445-3, there are two approaches for carrying out a Design-by-Analysis that cover both the stress categorization method (Annex C) and the direct route method (Annex B) for a check against global plastic deformation and against progressive plastic deformation. This paper presents the direct route in the language of limit and shakedown analysis. This approach leads to an optimization problem. Its solution with Finite Element Analysis is demonstrated for mechanical and thermal actions. One observation from the examples is that the so-called 3f (3Sm) criterion fails to be a reliable check against progressive plastic deformation. Precise conditions are given, which greatly restrict the applicability of the 3f criterion.}, subject = {Einspielen }, language = {en} } @article{StaatHeitzerLangetal.2005, author = {Staat, Manfred and Heitzer, M. and Lang, H. and Wirtz, K.}, title = {Direct Finite Element Route for Design-by-Analysis of Pressure Components}, series = {International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 82 (2005), H. 1}, journal = {International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping. 82 (2005), H. 1}, isbn = {0308-0161}, pages = {61 -- 67}, year = {2005}, language = {en} }