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Design and Fabrication of Large Polymer Constructions in Space is a ground-breaking study of the polymeric materials, advanced chemical processes, and cutting-edge technology required in the construction of large polymer-based structures for space, when all steps in the process are carried out in the space environment, whether in orbit, in deep space, or on the surface of a moon, asteroid, or planet. The book begins by introducing the fundamentals and requirements of large constructions and inflatable structures for space. The next section of the book focuses on the utilization of polymeric materials within the space environment, examining the effects on materials (vacuum, plasma, temperature), the possible approaches to polymerization both in space and in orbit, the preparation and structure of polymer composites, and the methods for testing materials and structures in terms of strength, defects, and aging. Three chapters then cover how these materials and techniques might be applied to specific categories of construction, including larger space habitats, supporting space structures, and ground infrastructure. Finally, the financial aspects, the consequences for human space exploitation, and the possible future developments are discussed. Using materials science to push the boundaries of construction for space exploration and exploitation, this book is a unique resource for academic researchers and advanced students across polymer science, advanced materials, chemical engineering, construction, and space engineering, as well as for researchers, scientists and engineers at space agencies, companies and laboratories, involved in developing materials or technology for use in space. This is also of great interest to anyone interested in the role of materials science in the building of large space stations, spacecraft, planetary bases, large aperture antenna, radiation and thermal shields, and repairmen sets.

Chemical engineering. --- Composite materials. --- Expandable space structures. --- Inflatable space structures --- Pliant space structures --- Space structures, Expandable --- Air-supported structures --- Artificial satellites --- Balloons --- Space stations --- Space vehicles --- Composites (Materials) --- Multiphase materials --- Reinforced solids --- Solids, Reinforced --- Two phase materials --- Materials --- Chemistry, Industrial --- Engineering, Chemical --- Industrial chemistry --- Engineering --- Chemistry, Technical --- Metallurgy --- Large space structures (Astronautics) --- Polymers.

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Microstrip antennas. --- Antennas. --- Antenna arrays. --- Arrays, Antenna --- Antennas (Electronics) --- Large space structures (Astronautics) --- Microwave antennas --- Strip transmission lines

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This newly revised edition of the Artech House classic, Phased Array Antenna Handbook, offers the most up-to-date and broadest view of array antennas and systems. You find complete design details that allow you to size an array system with a speed and confidence. The second edition offers you a wealth of new material, including a detailed treatment of antenna system noise, sections on antenna pattern synthesis, developments in subarray technology, and in-depth information on array architecture and components. Youfind a review of digital temperature sensors, helping you design a monitoringsystem.

Phased array antennas. --- Electrical & Computer Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Electrical Engineering --- Antenna arrays. --- Arrays, Antenna --- Antennas, Phased array --- Antennas (Electronics) --- Large space structures (Astronautics) --- Antenna arrays --- Radar

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Space colonies. --- Colonies, Space --- Communities, Space --- Habitats, Space --- Space communities --- Space habitats --- Astronautics and civilization --- Colonization --- Large space structures (Astronautics) --- Extraterrestrial bases --- Space stations

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Textile composites and inflatable structures have become increasingly popular for a variety of applications in – among many other fields – civil engineering, architecture and aerospace engineering. Typical examples include membrane roofs and covers, sails, inflatable buildings and pavilions, airships, inflatable furniture, airspace structures etc. The ability to provide numerical simulations for increasingly complex membrane and inflatable structures is advancing rapidly due to both remarkable strides in computer hardware development and the improved maturity of computational procedures for nonlinear structural systems. Significant progress has been made in the formulation of finite elements methods for static and dynamic problems, complex constitutive material behaviour, coupled aero-elastic analysis etc. The book contains 14 invited contributions written by distinguished authors who participated in the Second International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflated Structures held in Stuttgart, 2-4 October 2005. The meeting was one of the Thematic Conferences of the European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences (ECCOMAS, www.eccomas.org ). The different chapters discuss recent progress and future research directions in new textile composites for applications in membrane and inflatable structures. Part of the book focuses in describing innovative numerical methods for structural analysis, such as new non linear membrane and shell finite elements. The rest of the chapters present advances in design, construction and maintenance procedures. This volume contains state-of-the-art research and technology for design, analysis, construction and maintenance of textile and inflatable structures and will be of interest to civil engineers, architects, and materials scientists.

Engineering. --- Structural Mechanics. --- Building Construction, HVAC, Refrigeration. --- Mechanical engineering. --- Building construction. --- Ingénierie --- Génie mécanique --- Expandable space structures. --- Fibrous composites -- Mechanical properties. --- Lattice theory. --- Structural analysis (Engineering). --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Civil & Environmental Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Civil Engineering --- Materials Science --- Fibrous composites --- Structural analysis (Engineering) --- Mechanical properties. --- Architectural engineering --- Engineering, Architectural --- Structural mechanics --- Structures, Theory of --- Inflatable space structures --- Pliant space structures --- Space structures, Expandable --- Fiber composites --- Fiber-reinforced composites --- Filament reinforced composites --- Reinforced fibrous composites --- Materials science. --- Structural mechanics. --- Buildings --- Building. --- Construction. --- Engineering, Architectural. --- Materials Science. --- Materials Science, general. --- Building Construction. --- Design and construction. --- Building --- Construction --- Construction science --- Structural design --- Structural engineering --- Architecture --- Construction industry --- Material science --- Physical sciences --- Design and construction --- Air-supported structures --- Artificial satellites --- Balloons --- Space stations --- Space vehicles --- Composite materials --- Materials. --- Mechanics. --- Mechanics, Applied. --- Solid Mechanics. --- Building Construction and Design. --- Applied mechanics --- Engineering, Mechanical --- Engineering mathematics --- Classical mechanics --- Newtonian mechanics --- Physics --- Dynamics --- Quantum theory --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Materials --- Buildings—Design and construction.