ECSS-E-HB-32-24A, SPACE ENGINEERING: BUCKLING OF STRUCTURES (24-MAR-2010)

ECSS-E-HB-32-24A, SPACE ENGINEERING: BUCKLING OF STRUCTURES (24-MAR-2010)., The ECSS‐E‐HB‐32‐24 recommends engineering practices for European programs and projects. It may be cited in contracts and program documents as a reference for guidance to meet specific program/project needs and constraints. The target users of this handbook are engineers involved in design, analysis and verification of launchers and spacecraft in relation to structural stability issues. The current know‐how is documented in this handbook in order to make this expertise available to all European developers of space systems. It is a guidelines document; therefore it includes advisory information rather than requirements. The handbook is organised in three parts: • Part 1: General. It includes chapters 4 to 13, and provides general information on the structural stability. • Part 2: Structural elements with examples It includes chapters 14 to 17, and it is devoted to structural elements with examples. It reports the mathematical formulae for calculating the the buckling loads for the most common structural elements, loads and boundary conditions. • Part 3: Structures It includes chapters 18 to 23, and addresses the \"real world\" structures.