Finite element enforced response analysis was performed on a three axis expander head shaker table to aid in the design of the table structure and vibration control system. The payload for this shaker system is a generic spacecraft with a multitude of flexible modes across a broad frequency band. A Craig-Bampton representation of the spacecraft was used to expedite analysis of multiple shaker table designs. The analysis examines the required forces in the actuators for a constant amplitude base acceleration sine sweep test, the resulting forces in the spacecraft and table attachment restraints, and the resulting accelerations on the spacecraft structure. The results show the spacecraft response is very high at the spacecraft center of gravity (CG) due to the high CG offset and cantilever effect of the low frequency spacecraft bending modes. The high response can be addressed by "notching" the input vibration levels to avoid over-testing the spacecraft. At frequencies above 25 Hz, the spacecraft modal effective masses are very small, and the response of the shaker table dominates the response. Anti-resonances of the shaker table in the frequency range of interest reduce the acceleration output and require much higher actuator forces to achieve the acceleration specification. These effects may require stiffening the shaker structure to move the modes out of the test frequency range or increasing the shaker table damping.


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    Title :

    Structural Dynamic Analysis of a Spacecraft Multi-DOF Shaker Table


    Contributors:
    Pray, Carl (author) / Blelloch, Paul (author) / Thomas, Gareth (author) / McNelis, Mark (author) / Suarez, Vicente (author) / Otten, Kim (author)

    Conference:

    25th Space Simulation Conference ; 2008 ; Annapolis, MD, United States


    Publication date :

    2008-10-01


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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