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Developing capture mechanisms and high-fidelity dynamic models for the mxer tether system
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Canfield, Steven L. |
| Copyright Year | 2007 |
| Description | A team consisting of collaborators from Tennessee Technological University (TTU), Marshall Space Flight Center, BD Systems, and the University of Delaware (herein called the TTU team) conducted specific research and development activities in MXER tether systems during the base period of May 15, 2004 through September 30, 2006 under contract number NNM04AB13C. The team addressed two primary topics related to the MXER tether system: 1) Development of validated high-fidelity dynamic models of an elastic rotating tether and 2) development of feasible mechanisms to enable reliable rendezvous and capture. This contractor report will describe in detail the activities that were performed during the base period of this cycle-2 MXER tether activity and will summarize the results of this funded activity. The primary deliverables of this project were the quad trap, a robust capture mechanism proposed, developed, tested, and demonstrated with a high degree of feasibility and the detailed development of a validated high-fidelity elastic tether dynamic model provided through multiple formulations. |
| File Size | 12245085 |
| Page Count | 157 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20080002099 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2d84998z |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2007-09-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Space Transportation Interplanetary Spacecraft Momentum Electromagnetic Propulsion Dynamic Models Tethering Elastic Properties Tetherlines Spacecraft Propulsion 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 |
