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Integrated Vibration and Acceleration Testing to Reduce Payload Mass, Cost and Mission Risk

Award Information
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch: N/A
Contract: NNX12CG26P
Agency Tracking Number: 110227
Amount: $124,214.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: STTR
Solicitation Topic Code: T7.02
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2011
Award Year: 2012
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2012-02-13
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2013-02-12
Small Business Information
1279 Gulph Creek Drive
Radnor, PA 19807-4687
United States
DUNS: 168569148
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 David Yoel
 Principal Investigator
 (610) 225-2604
 dyoel@american-aerospace.net
Business Contact
 Keith Martin
Title: Business Official
Phone: (267) 772-1518
Email: kmartin@american-aerospace.net
Research Institution
 Drexel University
 Jin Kang
 
3201 Arch Street, Suite 100
Philadelphia, PA 19104-2875
United States

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 Domestic Nonprofit Research Organization
Abstract

We propose to develop a capability to provide integrated acceleration, vibration, and shock testing using a state-of-the-art centrifuge, allowing for the test of synergistic effects of these combined environments. By installing a shaker table on the centrifuge, the test setup can provide both sustained and dynamic-g loads as well as simultaneous vibration loads, in two independent axes. This method will provide more realistic launch environments for testing launch payloads. By providing a more realistic test environment, combined environment testing has the potential to reduce cost, save time, reducing risk and increase performance.Launch vibration data for a Terrior-Orion two-stage suborbital sounding rocket was used as a basis for analysis. The data presents a typical launch load environment in that two main loads exist: 1) sustained-g load from acceleration of the rocket, and 2) random vibration and shock loads. The current fixed-table vibration test devices are incapable of simulating both of these loads at the same time. Accordingly, the current test methodologies typically overstress the payload to ensure that the system survives the launch loads. By enabling the proposed capability to test payloads by simultaneously applying sustained-g and vibration loads, we can more closely simulate the actual launch conditions, resulting in risk, schedule and cost reduction.

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