While a number of solar sail missions have been proposed recently, these missions have not been selected for flight validation. Although the reasons for non-selection are varied, principal among them is the lack of subsystem integration and ground testing. This paper presents some early results from a large-scale ground testing program for integrated solar sail systems. In this series of tests, a 10 meter solar sail tested is subjected to dynamic excitation both in ambient atmospheric and vacuum conditions. Laser vibrometry is used to determine resonant frequencies and deformation shapes. The results include some low-order sail modes which only can be seen in vacuum, pointing to the necessity of testing in that environment.


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    Title :

    Solar Sail Loads, Dynamics, and Membrane Studies


    Contributors:
    Slade, K. N. (author) / Belvin, W. K. (author) / Behun, V. (author)

    Conference:

    Gossamer Spacecraft Forum ; 2002 ; Denver, CO, United States
    43rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Conference on Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials ; 2002 ; Denver, CO, United States


    Publication date :

    2002-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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