MIL-HDBK-1811 Base Document:1998

1 SCOPE
  1.1 Purpose
  1.2 Application
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS
  2.1 General
  2.2 Government documents
      2.2.1 Specifications, standards, handbooks
  2.3 Order of precedence
3 DEFINITIONS
  3.1 Mass properties
  3.2 Basic mass properties
  3.3 Weight growth allowance
      3.3.1 In-scope Changes
      3.3.2 Out-of-scope Changes
  3.4 Predicted mass properties
4 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
  4.1 Control program
  4.2 Determination
5 DETAIL REQUIREMENTS
  5.1 Control program
      5.1.1 Mass Properties Control Plan
      5.1.2 Subcontractor Mass Properties Control
      5.1.3 Associate Design Activity and GFE Suppliers
             Interfaces
      5.1.4 Management Participation
      5.1.5 Mass Properties Limits
      5.1.6 Weight Growth
      5.1.7 Basic Mass Properties
      5.1.8 Limit Monitoring
      5.1.9 Corrective Action
      5.1.10 Document Release
  5.2 Determination
      5.2.1 Changes
      5.2.2 Sequential Mass Properties
      5.2.3 Ground Operations Support
      5.2.4 Postflight Analysis
      5.2.5 Trade Studies
      5.2.6 Mass Properties Uncertainties Analyses
      5.2.7 Verification
      5.2.8 Data Organization
  5.3 Documentation Summary
      5.3.1 Mass Properties Control Plan
      5.3.2 Verification Plan
      5.3.3 Status Report
      5.3.4 Detail Mass Properties
      5.3.5 Miscellaneous Mass Properties Report
6 NOTES
  6.1 Intended use
  6.2 Subject term (key word) listing
  6.3 Supersession data
APPENDIX A - MASS PROPERTIES VERIFICATION PLAN
APPENDIX B - FUNCTIONAL BREAKDOWN OF WEIGHT
             TABLE B-I - SAMPLE (SATELLITE)
             TABLE B-II - SAMPLE (LIQUID PROPULSION STAGE)
             TABLE B-III - COMPREHENSIVE SAMPLE (REENTRY SYSTEM)
APPENDIX C - DESIGN DATA
APPENDIX D - WEIGHT CHANGE CODES
APPENDIX E - EDITED MIL-M-38310 FOR HANDBOOK

Describes guidance for establishing uniform procedures for the control, determination, and documentation of mass properties of space vehicles and their subsystems and components.

This handbook provides guidance for establishing uniform procedures for the control, determination, and documentation of mass properties of space vehicles and their subsystems and components.