1st Edition

Thermal and Structural Electronic Packaging Analysis for Space and Extreme Environments

304 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

304 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

304 Pages 217 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Have you ever wondered how NASA designs, builds, and tests spacecrafts and hardware for space? How is it that wildly successful programs such as the Mars Exploration Rovers could produce a rover that lasted over ten times the expected prime mission duration? Or build a spacecraft designed to visit two orbiting destinations and last over 10 years when the fuel ran out? This book was written by... Read more
Introduction. New Space. Thermal/Structural Challenges in Miniaturizing. Fundamental of Heat Transfer by Conduction and Convection. Fundamentals of Heat Transfer by Radiation. The Multi-Layer Insulation (MLI) Blanket. Heat Pipes. Convective Cooling of Semiconductors using a Nanofluid. Power Systems: The Tesla Turbine. Electronics Design for Extreme Temperature and Pressure. Characterization and Modeling of PWB Warpage and its Effect on LGA Separable Interconnects. Resistor Networks. Thermal Analysis Case Studies. Random Vibration Structural Analysis and Mile’s Equation. Vibrational Analysis Case Studies. Creep Prediction of a Printed Wiring Board for Separable Land Grid Array Connector. Operational Case Studies – Mars Surface Operations. Operational Case Studies – Dawn Asteroid Mission. Standards.

Biography

Juan Cepeda-Rizo obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and master’s in materials engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo in 1997. After graduation he worked for a semiconductor company doing electronic packaging analysis. He received his Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate University in Applied Mathematics in and in 2008 worked for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory as a thermal system engineer where his latest responsibilities included thermal and structural analysis of flight electronics. Jeremiah Gayle obtained his bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Arizona State University, and master’s degrees from Iowa State, and John Hopkins University in space systems engineering. He is pursuing a doctorate in aerospace engineering from Colorado State University and works at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory where he works on spacecraft systems and conducts thermal and structural analysis of avionics. Joshua Ravich is a supervisor for the Technology Infusion group at JPL, where he works on the mechanical design and analysis of spacecraft systems. His recent work has included the Mars Helicopter project. He received a bachelor's degree in mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and a master's in mechanical and aerospace engineering from the University of Michigan.