Standard

BS EN 16603-32-01:2021

Space engineering. Fracture control

Current

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Published:

30 Apr 2022

1 Scope

ThisECSSEngineeringStandardspecifiesthefracturecontrolrequirementstobeimposedonspacesegmentsofspacesystemsandtheirrelatedGSE.

ThefracturecontrolprogrammeisapplicableforspacesystemsandrelatedGSEwherestructuralfailurecanresultinacatastrophichazardinaccordancewiththedefinitionof ECSS‑Q‑ST‑40 oralternativeapplicabledocumentspecifiedbythecustomerlikethoseapplicabletotheISSorExplorationsystemsorpayloads.

TherequirementscontainedinthisStandard, whenimplemented, alsosatisfythefracturecontrolrequirementsapplicabletotheNASAandISShardware.

TheNASAnomenclaturediffersinsomecasesfromthatusedbyECSS. WhenISSorExploration-specificrequirementsandnomenclatureareincluded, theyareidentifiedassuch.

Thisstandardmaybetailoredforthespecificcharacteristicandconstrainsofaspaceprojectinconformancewith ECSS‑S‑ST‑00.

Product Details

Descriptors

Inspection

Fracture

Quality assurance

Air transport engineering

Defects

Space technology

Fatigue testing

Cracking

Tensile testing

Plane strain fracture toughness tests

ICS Codes

49.140 Space systems and operations

Committee

ACE/68

International relationships

Identical to:

EN 16603-32-01

ISBN

978 0 539 12603 7

Publisher

BSI