Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Environmental Testing
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International
12th European Conference on Spacecraft Structures, Materials and Environmental Testing
du 20 mars 2012 au 23 mars 2012
Noordwijk
The Netherlands
[en] Nonlinear system identification ; Space structure ; Experimental data
[en] The present paper addresses the experimental identification of a nonlinear space structure, the SmallSat spacecraft developed by EADS-Astrium. The nonlinear component comprises an inertia wheel mounted on a support, the motion of which is constrained by eight elastomer plots and mechanical stops. Robust techniques are applied to measured data to detect, characterise and quantify nonlinear behaviour.