Basic aspects of topological technology of automated on-board equipment layout in space vehicle compartments using the example of “Yantar-2k” Earth remote sensing space vehicle

Abstract

The article presents the theoretical foundations of automated design of on-board equipment layout in spacecraft compartments in terms of topology. The purpose of the work is to create a flexible arrangement model that would allow solving the problem for any configuration of the structure, taking into account the engineering and operational restrictions imposed on the objects located in a limited space. The technology is formalized according to the methods of the foundations of topology and in this work is demonstrated for a two-dimensional case by comparing it with a reference design-layout scheme. The functional, installation, dimensional, thermal, vibroacoustic requirements are taken into account with the mass-centering restrictions of the layout. In the course of the study, a new approach to describing the design process of assembling on-board equipment was obtained, which can be fully digitized and then integrated into known computer-aided design systems. It has been verified using the example of the power supply system of the Yantar-2k spacecraft.

Keywords

• spacecraft
• on-board equipment
• topology
• space vehicle compartment
• arrangement scheme
• equipment layout
• product design in mechanical engineering