Life cycle testing of viscoelastic material for Hubble Space Telescope Solar Array 3 Damper

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5052, Issue , 2003, Pages 128-140

  Maly, Joseph R ^a   Reed, Benjamin B ^b   Viens, Michael J ^b   Parker, Bradford H ^b   Pendleton, Scott C ^a  

^a CSA ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated life testing; Complex stiffness; Direct complex stiffness test; Hubble Space Telescope; Life cycling; Passive damping; Viscoelastic material

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; ORBITS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE SHUTTLES; SPACE TELESCOPES; STIFFNESS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONIC TESTING; VISCOELASTICITY;

COMPLEX STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS;

DAMPING;

EID: 0242694439     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.483980     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (5)

1. Haile, W., "Test Report of Modal Test of Deployed SA-3 Wing Assembly," SAI-TEV-125, October, 1998.
2. Southard, B., "Solar Array 3 Damper VEM Coupon Cyclic Load Test Plan," LMMS/P-471324, February, 2000.
3. th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March, 1999.
4. th International Symposium on Smart Structures and Materials, March, 2000.
5. Maly, J. R., Bender, K. A., Pendleton, S. C., "Complex Stiffness Measurements of Vibration Damped Structural Elements," International Modal Analysis Conference, February, 2000.