Optimization of Space Station components using design code CometBoards (Q2564517)

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Optimization of Space Station components using design code CometBoards
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    Optimization of Space Station components using design code CometBoards (English)
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    23 April 1997
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    Preliminary optimum designs for flight components of the Space Station are obtained using a design tool, termed `CometBoards' and utilizing an animation feature of PATRAN software. Salient features of CometBoards include multiple nonlinear programming optimizers; industrial strength analyzers; component synthesis concepts through a design variable formulation; constraint grouping scheme; and substructuring optimization technique. The optimum design capability of CometBoards is illustrated using two flight components: (a) a `spacer structure' of the solar power module of the Space Station, and (b) a `support system' for integration in the space shuttle cargo bay.
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    PATRAN software
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    nonlinear programming optimizers
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    component synthesis concepts
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    constraint grouping scheme
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    substructuring optimization technique
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    solar power module
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    space shuttle cargo bay
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