A Heat Pipe Simulation Technique for Spacecraft Thermal Testing Under Variable Orientation Aeritalia Società Aerospaziale Italiana S.p.A., Settore Spazio, Torino, Italy

Format:

Conference/Event

Author/Creator:

Boggiatto, Dario, author.

Conference Name:

Intersociety Conference on Environmental Systems (1982-07-19 : San Diego, California, United States)

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Warrendale, PA SAE International 1982

Summary:

A technique is presented to test heat pipe equipped spacecraft under any operational sun angle and orientation without adversely affecting the S/C power and temperature distribution that can occur when heat pipes are tilted in a 1-g test environment. The proposed technique is based on a specially designed heater system to simulate the heat pipe performance (id est distribution of thermal flux and temperature). The heater system employs temperature predictions generated by computer simulation and a mathematical correlation of the performance of real and simulated heat pipes when operated similarly in a horizontal position

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Publisher Number:

820860

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