Simulating spacecraft systems / Jens Eickhoff.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I. Simulation Based System Development -- 1. Complex Systems in Spaceflight -- 2. System Simulation in System Engineering -- 2.1. Development Process Phases for Spacecraft -- 2.2. A System, its Control Functions and their Modeling -- 2.3. Algorithms, Software and Hardware Development and Verification -- 2.4. Functional System Validation -- 3. Simulation Tools for System Analysis and Verification -- 3.1. Tools for System Design and Dimensioning -- 3.1.1. Tools for System Predesign and Conception -- 3.1.2. Functional System Analysis Tools for Phase B -- 3.2. System Verification Tools -- 3.2.1. Functional Verification Bench (FVB) -- 3.2.2. Software Verification Facility (SVF) -- 3.2.3. Hybrid System Testbed (STB) -- 3.2.4. Electrical Functional Model (EFM) -- 3.2.5. Spacecraft Simulator for Operations Support -- 3.3. Infrastructure History -- 4. Testbench Components in Detail -- 4.1. Control Consoles -- 4.2. Test Procedure Editors and Interpreters -- 4.3. Special Checkout Equipment -- 4.4. Simulator-Frontend Equipment -- 4.5. Spacecraft Simulators -- 4.6. Equipment and System Models -- 5. Spacecraft Functionality to be Modeled -- 5.1. Functional Simulation Concept -- 5.2. Attitude, Orbit and Trajectory Modeling -- 5.3. Aspects of Structural Mechanics -- 5.4. Thermal Aspects -- 5.5. Equipment Modeling -- Part II. Simulator Technology -- 6. Numerical Foundations of System Simulation -- 6.1. Introduction to Numerics -- 6.2. Modeling of System Components as Transfer Functions -- 6.3. Components with Time Response -- 6.4. Balance Equations -- 6.4.1. Equation Set for Fluid Systems -- 6.4.2. Equation Set for Spacecraft Dynamics -- 6.4.3. Equation Set for Spacecraft Electrics -- 6.5. Classification of Partial Differential Equations -- 6.6. Transformation of PDEs into Systems of ODEs -- 6.7. Numerical Integration Methods -- 6.8. Integration Methods Applied on System Level -- 6.9. Boundary Value Problems in System Modeling -- 6.10. Root Finding Methods for Boundary Value Problems -- 6.11. Numerical Functionalities for Control Engineering -- 6.11.1. Mathematical Building Blocks and their Transformation to RPN -- 6.11.2. Linearization of System State Equations -- 6.11.3. Linearization by Algorithmic Differentiation -- 6.12. Semi-Implicit Methods for Stiff DEQ Systems -- 7. Aspects of Real-time Simulation -- 7.1. Time Definitions -- 7.2. Time Synchronization -- 7.3. Modeling Time in a Simulator -- 7.4. Real-time Parallel Processing -- 8. Object Oriented Architecture of Simulators and System Models -- 8.1. Objectives of Simulator Software Design -- 8.2. The Model Driven Architecture -- 8.3. Implementation Technologies - Programming Languages -- 8.4. Implementation Technologies - The Unified Modeling Language (UML) -- 8.4.1. Code Generation from UML -- 8.4.2. Designing a Simulator Kernel using UML -- 8.4.3. Designing Spacecraft Equipment Models with UML -- 8.5. Implementation Technologies - The Extensible Markup Language (XML) -- 8.6. Implementation Technologies - Modeling Frameworks -- 8.7. From a Model Specification to the Simulation Run -- 8.7.1. From Equipment Documentation to the Model Specification -- 8.7.2. Application Example - Fiber-optic Gyroscope -- 8.7.3. Writing an Equipment Model Specification -- 8.7.4. Translation of the Model Specification into UML Based Design -- 8.7.5. Code Generation and Code Instrumentation -- 8.7.6. Integrating the Model into the Simulator -- 8.7.7. Configuration Files for a Simulation Run -- 8.7.8. Simulation Run -- 9. Simulator Development Compliant to Software Standards -- 9.1. Software Engineering Standards - Overview -- 9.2. Software Classification According to Criticality -- 9.3. Software Standard Application Example -- 9.4. Critical Path in Spacecraft Development -- 9.5. Testbench Configuration Control vs. OBSW and TM / TC -- 9.6. Testbench Development Responsibilities -- 9.7. Lessons Learned from Projects -- 10. Simulation Tools in a System Engineering Infrastructure -- 10.1. The System Modeling Language (SysML) -- 10.2. System Engineering Infrastructures -- 10.3. Standards for Data Exchange Between Engineering Tools -- Part III. Advanced Technologies -- 11. Service Oriented Simulator Kernel Architectures -- 11.1. SOA Implementation of Simulator Initialization -- 11.2. SOA Implementation of the Kernel Numerics -- 11.3. Orchestration of the Computation and Function Distribution -- 12. Consistent Modeling Technology for all Development Phases -- 12.1. Requirements to a Cross-Phase Design Infrastructure -- 12.2. Cross-Phase Simulation Infrastructure and Engineering Steps -- 13. Knowledge-Based Simulation Applications -- 13.1. Modeling of Information for Rule-Based Processing -- 13.2. Accumulation of Knowledge on a System's Behavior -- 13.3. Coupling of Knowledge-Processor and simulated / real System -- 13.4. Application of Expert Systems for User Training -- 13.5. Implementation Technology: Rules as Fact Filters -- 14. Simulation of Autonomous Systems -- 14.1. Testing Conventional on-board Software Functions -- 14.2. Testing Failure Management Functions -- 14.3. Testing Higher Levels of System Autonomy -- 14.4. Implementations of Autonomy and their Focus -- 14.4.1. Improvement Technology - on-board SW / HW Components -- 14.4.2. Improvement Technology - Optimizing the Mission Product -- 14.4.3. Enabling Technology - Autonomous OBSW for Deep Space Probes -- 15. References.

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