Alternative proposal, based on systems-engineering methods, aimed at substituting with carbon-epoxy laminates the load-bearing aluminum sandwiches employed in the structure of a small satellite

The development process of composite structures has suffered from a lack of balance between analysis, design and the use of design methods. This study finds a solution to this matter with an alternative proposal that aims at substituting with a stiffer and lighter material the aluminum alloy originally employed in the construction of the primary structure of a micro satellite (50 kg). The structural components to be substituted are the four...