Date of Award
Spring 1985
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Program/Concentration
Engineering Mechanics
Committee Director
Earl A. Thorton
Committee Member
Chuh Mei
Committee Member
Jean Hou
Call Number for Print
Special Collections; LD4331.E57M33
Abstract
The determination of structural shadowing is described. The computation of environmental heat loads for slender structural members in earth orbit is described, and two methods for finite element thermal analysis are described . The effects of self-shadowing on the thermal structural behavior of single truss members and two different trusses are presented. In each case the shadowing produces a noticeable effect on the temperature distributions on truss members, and on the deformations of the trusses.
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DOI
10.25777/sa55-a411
Recommended Citation
Mahaney, Jack.
"Structural Self-Shadowing and Its Effects on the Thermal-Structural Behavior of Orbiting Trusses"
(1985). Thesis, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/sa55-a411
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/mae_etds/594
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