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Engineering and Consulting Services
Instar Engineering and Consulting
Mechanical systems engineering
- Requirements development, definition, interpretation, and negotiation
- Spacecraft configuration development and conceptual design
- Simplification
- Verification planning
- Mass properties management
- Management of master equipment list
- Configuration management
- Risk management and assessment
- System mechanical integration
- Independent review and advice
Structural and mechanical analysis
- Stress analysis, classical and finite element analysis
- Bolted joints
- NASA-STD-5020A (2018) for threaded fastening systems
(Tom Sarafin of Instar was instrumental in the development of the original 2012 release of this standard)- Design and analysis
- Torque-preload testing
- Fastening system control plan
- Fatigue, fracture mechanics, and derivation of load spectra
- Loads and dynamics
- Vibration
- Jitter
- Thermal modeling and analysis
- Opto-mechanical analysis
Structural and mechanical design
- Preliminary design
- CAD/solid modeling and detail design
- Flight hardware and ground support equipment
Test engineering: design, analysis, planning, data interpretation, and documentation
- Static loads testing
- Vibration testing (random, sine sweep, sine burst)
- Notching and force limiting
- Acoustic
- Shock
- Modal surveys
