A Precision Deployable Aperture System Facility

T. Cwik, G. Agnes, A. Moussessian, C. Norton, F. Zhao
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Precision deployment is an enabling technology for future NASA large aperture missions. Possible concept missions include optical, infrared, sub-millimeter, or microwave apertures too large to fit unfolded in a launch shroud. Dimensional stability is the overriding structural design driver for these large deployable apertures. The stability is driven by constraints derived from the system's mass and structural stability and to thermal and dynamical loads. As the aperture size increases, and the systems mass density is correspondingly decreased, the ability to test the performance of these apertures in a 1-g environment requires both a unique facility and special testing methodologies. This talk will describe a facility under development that includes an enclosure with extreme environmental control, a metrology systems for measuring deployment precision and aspects of an integrated modeling system that will be validated in the facility. Though built to the demanding specifications of deployed optical systems, this talk will focus on components of the facility specific to space-based microwave and millimeter wave antenna systems. The first component of the facility is an enclosure with 10 m times 5 m times 3 m (L times W times H) usable volume that is controlled under ambient temperature to thermal stability of <0.01 Cdeg/Hr, acoustic control of <35 dBA and seismic control of <10 mugs. The enclosure includes a gravity offload system and allows development of single and multi-petal test articles. Instrumentation in the facility includes three-dimensional videogrammetry system capable of absolute measurement accuracy less than 1 millimeter, and a laser vibrometer system for modal testing. The second component of the facility is the development of an optical metrology system for aligning and monitoring large, deployable structures and telescopes to a fraction of a wavelength. A six beam 'optical hexapod' metrology gauge is being built that will measure to 1 micron absolute accuracy with 1 nanometer relative accuracy over a 10 m range. The final component of the facility is comprised of system architecture and modeling components using integrated modeling tools for predictive simulations of aperture systems under orbital loads. These models are being compared to controlled experiments completed in the facility.
精密可展开孔径系统设施
精确部署是未来NASA大口径任务的一项使能技术。可能的概念任务包括光学,红外,亚毫米或微波孔径太大,无法在发射罩中展开。尺寸稳定性是这些大可展开孔的最重要的结构设计驱动因素。系统的稳定性受系统质量和结构稳定性以及热载荷和动力载荷的制约。随着孔径尺寸的增加,系统质量密度相应降低,在1g环境下测试这些孔径性能的能力需要独特的设备和特殊的测试方法。本次演讲将介绍一个正在开发的设施,包括一个具有极端环境控制的外壳,一个用于测量部署精度的计量系统,以及将在设施中验证的集成建模系统的各个方面。虽然是根据部署的光学系统的严格规范建造的,但这次演讲将重点讨论空间微波和毫米波天线系统的特定设施组件。该设施的第一个组成部分是一个可用体积为10米× 5米× 3米(L × W × H)的外壳,在环境温度下控制热稳定性<0.01摄氏度/小时,声学控制<35 dBA,地震控制<10 μ g。外壳包括一个重力卸载系统,并允许开发单瓣和多瓣测试品。设备包括三维视频测量系统,绝对测量精度小于1毫米,以及用于模态测试的激光测振仪系统。该设施的第二个组成部分是开发一种光学计量系统,用于对准和监测大型可部署结构和望远镜到波长的一小部分。一种六光束“光学六脚”计量仪正在建造中,它将在10米范围内测量1微米的绝对精度和1纳米的相对精度。该设施的最后组成部分由系统架构和建模组件组成,使用集成建模工具对轨道载荷下的孔径系统进行预测模拟。正在将这些模型与该设施内完成的对照实验进行比较。
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