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Air-bearing spin facility for measuring energy dissipation
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Peterson, R. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1976 |
| Description | The air-bearing spin facility was developed to determine experimentally the effect of energy dissipation upon the motion of spinning spacecraft. The facility consists of an air-bearing spin table, a telemetry system, a command system, and a ground control station. The air-bearing spin table was designed to operate in a vacuum chamber. Tests were run on spacecraft components such as fuel tanks, nutation dampers, reaction wheels, and active nutation damper systems. Each of these items affected the attitude of a spinning spacecraft. An experimental approach to determine these effects was required because the dissipation of these components could not be adequately analyzed. The results of these experiments have been used, with excellent results, to predict spacecraft motion. |
| File Size | 47400283 |
| Page Count | 26 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19770003197 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t6159cg2p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1976-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Design, Testing And Performance Dynamic Response Gas Bearings Attitude Stability Vacuum Chambers Energy Dissipation Spin Tests Nutation Dampers Test Equipment Motion Simulators Spacecraft Motion Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
