There are several challenges associated with the scheduled integrated modal test (IMT) of the Space Launch System (SLS) Artemis-1 flight vehicle mounted on the mobile launcher (ML). While the goal of the test is to characterize the Artemis-1, the inclusion of the ML as the support stand for the test means that the entire system must be well characterized. A considerable amount of effort and schedule will have to be devoted to understanding both the test stand (the ML) and the Artemis-1 flight vehicle, and there is a risk that the effort may not be completed in time for a successful launch.

    NASA has requested that alternative methods be investigated to generate test results that can remove the effects of the ML from the test. ATA Engineering, Inc., (ATA) was given a reduced model of the Artemis-1 flight vehicle’s IMT configuration containing the candidate set of accelerometers and interface degrees of freedom (DOF). The model was used to determine how well ATA’s fixed base correction technique is able to estimate fixed base modes from test data collected on the IMT. This paper presents the fixed base correction method results.


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    Title :

    Feasibility Study to Extract Artemis-1 Fixed Base Modes While Mounted on a Dynamically Active Mobile Launch Platform


    Additional title:

    Conf.Proceedings of Society


    Contributors:


    Publication date :

    2020-09-30


    Size :

    7 pages





    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English





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