Calculation (sizing, characterization, modeling and simulation via finished items, justification and ratification in static/transient environment, advanced dynamics, non-linear mechanics and thermomechanics)
Methods
Literature & documentation
Allied services
Means
CATIA CAD on SILICON GRAPHICS station
8 CATIA V4.20 stations
3 CATIA V5 stations
2D design stations
Calculation via finished items station (NASTRAN/PATRAN, COSMOS/M under NT and MSC/NASTRAN & FEEMAP softwares)
Example of mechanical studies: Kubik (European Space Agency)
Construction of a thermoregulated container for transporting biological samples to the International Space Station (ISS) and studying behaviour and development of the samples in ISS microgravity environment.
Mechanical and thermal studies, manufacture, control, integration and testing.
References: CNES, EADS ST, ESA, CESR, EADS ASTRIUM, ALCATEL SPACE, INTESPACE, EADS SODERN, ONERA, DGA, CEA de CESTA, THALES, LATECOERE, LATELEC, CNRS, HUREL HISPANO, LABINAL...
Construction of a thermoregulated container for transporting biological samples to the International Space Station (ISS) and studying behaviour and development of the samples in ISS microgravity environment.