simulation-based engineering for satellite applications
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The satellite industry is unforgiving. It is a definitive example of how right-first-time design is a must. Furthermore, customers are demanding heavier, more-sophisticated payloads be delivered to orbit at lower cost.TRANSCRIPT
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Simulation Based Engineering for Satellite Applications
Robert Harwood, Ph.D
Aerospace and Defense Industry Director
ANSYS, Inc
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The Satellite Industry is Highly Competitive, With Heavier Payloads Being Delivered at Lower Cost
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Source: FAA Year in Review, Commercial GEO Payloads
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The Competition for Launches is Global and the Competition for Bandwidth is Fierce
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“On Average, the Pentagon’s per-megahertz cost of commercial satellite bandwidth was 30% lower in 2003 than in 2010” Telecommunications: Competition, Capacity, and Costs in the Fixed Satellite Services Industry, US GAO, 2011
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Simulation Based Engineering is a Key Enabling Design Tool for Satellite Companies to Achieve Their Key Business Initiatives
Global Competition and battle for bandwidth
Increasing Reliance on ISR and Comms
Reduce design process costs Reduce Component Size, Weight and Power Improve robustness and reliability Mitigate against emerging threats (kinetic or energy, electronic jamming) Improved capability
Robust, Smart and Affordable Satellite Systems
Competitive Cost Pressure
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The Complex Nature of Satellite Design Demands a Holistic Approach to Simulation with Comprehensive Multiphysics Capabilities a Critical Component
Comprehensive Multiphysics
Staff Training and
Certification
Simulation Data Mgmt
and Supplier Integration
HPC Scale-Up and
Hardware Optimization
Collaborative Simulation
Robust Design
Optimization
CAE Configuration
and Model Management
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ANSYS Offers the Satellite Design Community a Portfolio of Simulation Based Engineering Tools For The Affordable Development of Advanced Satellite Platforms at All Stages of Deployment
In flight performance simulation
Advanced material performance assessment (e.g. composites)
Propellant Tank Design
Composite filament winding
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ANSYS Offers the Satellite Design Community a Portfolio of Simulation Based Engineering Tools For The Affordable Development of Advanced Satellite Platforms at All Stages of Deployment
Rigid and flexible body dynamics for panel deployment
System and component dynamic response (launch shock and vibration, response to engine firing etc)
Satellite Launch and Orbit
Propulsion and positioning system design
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ANSYS Offers the Satellite Design Community a Portfolio of Simulation Based Engineering Tools For The Affordable Development of Advanced Satellite Platforms at All Stages of Deployment
EMI/EMC
Electronic system thermal management
Operational Performance
Antenna and space based communication system design
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The satellite industry is globally competitive and must deliver more advanced systems faster and at lower cost than ever before
Satellite design must be “right first time”
Multiphsyics simulation based engineering is a critical enabler of robust, smart and affordable satellite design
ANSYS works with industry leaders in the space and satellite industry. The following slide presents links where you can find more details if you are interested
Conclusions
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Download a white paper:
“Electromagnetic, Thermal, Stress and Deformation Analysis of a Space-Based Satellite Dish Antenna”
Read about how SpaceX used multiphysics simulation to save hundred’s of thousands of payload equivalent dollars
Listen to David Gump, President of Astrobotic talk about how multiphysics simulation is helping them chase the Google Lunar-X Prize
Additional materials
Download the white paper here!
Download SpaceX article here!
Watch the video now!
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