Subject Code & Title : M22010 Structural Applications of The Finite Element Method
Assessment Type : Assignment
Background :- In a space mission the payload is located in the upper part of the launcher inside the fairing; a typical example of payload is a satellite.
M22010 – Structural Applications of The Finite Element Method Assignment – Portsmouth University UK.

The satellite is interfaced with the launcher via a Payload Adapter Systems (PAS). The PAS has the shape of a simple truncated cone (Figure 1) or truncated cone with a cylindrical shape on top of this