As NASA begins design and development of the Ares launch vehicles to replace the Space Shuttle and explore beyond low Earth orbit, Integrated Vehicle Ground Vibration Testing (IVGVT) will be a vital component of ensuring that those vehicles can perform the missions assigned to them. A ground vibration test (GVT) is intended to measure by test the fundamental dynamic characteristics of launch vehicles during various phases of flight. During the series of tests, properties such as natural frequencies, mode shapes, and transfer functions are measured directly. This data is then used to calibrate loads and control systems analysis models for verifying analyses of the launch vehicle. The Ares Flight & Integrated Test Office (FITO) will be conducting IVGVT for the Ares I crew launch vehicle at Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) from 2011 to 2012 using the venerable Test Stand (TS) 4550, which supported similar tests for the Saturn V and Space Shuttle vehicle stacks.


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    Title :

    Objectives and Progress on Integrated Vehicle Ground Vibration Testing for the Ares Launch Vehicles


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    AIAA 2009 Aerospace Sciences Meeting ; 2009 ; Orlando, FL, United States


    Publication date :

    2009-01-05


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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