Design and test of a linear thermal actuator

Details Design and test of a linear thermal actuator Design and test of a linear thermal actuator

Dec 1985

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1985esasp.231..181b&link_type=abstract

In ESA Second European Space Mechanisms and Tribology Symposium p 181-185 (SEE N86-27353 18-18)

Computer Science

Performance

Actuators, Shape Control, Spacecraft Antennas, Spacecraft Structures, Environmental Tests, Space Environment Simulation, Thermal Vacuum Tests, Vibration Tests

Scientific paper

A linear thermal actuator (LTA) to serve as the actuating element of a shape control system which compensates actively for deployment inaccuracies or thermal distortions of large antennas or other space structures requiring high dimensional stability was developed. The LTA was subjected to spacecraft-level vibration and thermal vacuum tests. Results and effect on ambient performance are presented. A follow-on development effort in which it is proposed to incorporate a network of distributed LTAs into a shape control system for a phased-array planar antenna of a hypothetical ice surveillance satellite is outlined.

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