Speaker
Mr
Charlie Jarvis
(National Physical Laboratory)
Description
The National Physical Laboratory (UK) has developed and delivered a novel 6 degree-of-freedom micro-vibration test system for the European Space Agency’s test centre, ESTEC. The system measures the dynamic force and torque produced by spacecraft components between 10 µN to 1 N (1 µNm to 1 Nm), and subjects sensitive specimens to a known micro-vibration environment in the range 1 µg to 10 mg. The facility is traceable to the SI, and actively isolated from seismic noise. The operating principles and mechanical design of this test system are outlined, and some indicative results from validation testing are shown.
Primary authors
Mr
Charlie Jarvis
(National Physical Laboratory)
Prof.
Ben Hughes
(National Physical Laboratory)
Mr
Dan Veal
(National Physical Laboratory)
