Cassini is a large robotic spacecraft currently under development at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) whose interplanetary scientific mission is to explore Saturn, its ring, and its moons. Cassini is scheduled to launch on a Titan IV rocket with a Centaur upper stage booster, and will be protected during ascent through the atmosphere by a lightweight aluminum payload fairing (PLF). As a result of the extreme noise levels generated by the powerful Titan IV at liftoff, and the acoustic transparency of the PLF, Cassini is predicted to experience sever acoustic levels. Furthermore, the high acoustic levels, coupled with the size and configuration of the spacecraft, will induce unacceptable random vibration levels on the structure and critical spacecraft components. Studies showed that the use of Tuned Vibration Absorbers (TVAs) would be effective in reducing vibration. A series of reverberant acoustic tests were performed on a partial development test model (DTM) of Cassini to evaluate the effectiveness of TVAs in reducing the structural vibration. The test results showed that significant vibration attenuation was achieved.


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    Title :

    Vibration damping of the Cassini spacecraft structure


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    Institute of Environmental Sciences, 1st Annual Technical Meeting ; 1995 ; Anaheim, CA, United States


    Publication date :

    1995-05-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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