Micro Electro Mech Sys and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications
The promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field. MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications provides all the necessary tools to overcome these obstacles and take MEMS from the lab bench to beyond...
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The promise of MEMS for aerospace applications has been germinating for years, and current advances bring the field to the very cusp of fruition. Reliability is chief among the challenges limiting the deployment of MEMS technologies in space, as the requirement of zero failure during the mission is quite stringent for this burgeoning field. MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications provides all the necessary tools to overcome these obstacles and take MEMS from the lab bench to beyond the exosphere.The book begins with an overview of MEMS development and provides several demonstrations of past and current examples of MEMS in space. From this platform, the discussion builds to fabrication technologies; the effect of space environmental factors on MEMS devices; and micro technologies for space systems, instrumentation, communications, thermal control, guidance navigation and control, and propulsion. Subsequent chapters explore factors common to all of the described systems, such as MEMS packaging, handling and contamination control, material selection for specific applications, reliability practices for design and application, and assurance practices.Edited and contributed by an outstanding team of leading experts from industry, academia, and national laboratories, MEMS and Microstructures in Aerospace Applications illuminates the path toward qualifying and integrating MEMS devices and instruments into future space missions and developing innovative satellite systems.
Ch. 1Overview of microelectromechanical systems and microstructures in aerospace applications1Ch. 2Vision for microtechnology space missions13Ch. 3MEMS fabrication35Ch. 4Impact of space environmental factors on microtechnologies67Ch. 5Space radiation effects and microelectromechanical systems83Ch. 6Microtechnologies for space systems111Ch. 7Microtechnologies for science instrumentation applications127Ch. 8Microelectromechanical systems for spacecraft communications149Ch. 9Microsystems in spacecraft thermal control183Ch. 10Microsystems in spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control203Ch. 11Micropropulsion technologies229Ch. 12MEMS packaging for space applications269Ch. 13Handling and contamination control considerations for critical space applications289Ch. 14Material selection for applications of MEMS309Ch. 15Reliability practices for design and application of space-based MEMS327Ch. 16Assurance practices for microelectromechanical systems and microstructures in aerospace347
