Comparison between finite element calculations and holographic interferometry measurements, of the thermo-mechanical behaviour of satellite structures in composite materials
English
Thizy, Cédric[Université de Liège - ULg > > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) >]
Lemaire, Philippe[Université de Liège - ULg > > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) >]
Georges, Marc[Université de Liège - ULg > > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) >]
Rochus, Pierre[Université de Liège - ULg > > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) - Instrumentation et expérimentation spatiales >]
Collette, Jean-Paul[Université de Liège - ULg > > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) >]
Trends in Optics and Photonics Series, TOPS, Vol. 99
700-706
No
International
1-55752-793-8
Washington DC
USA
Photorefractive Effects, Materials, and Devices (PR05)
19-23 July 2005
Nankai University
Sanya
China
[en] holographic interferometry ; finite element model ; non destructive testing
[en] The stability requirements for the satellite structures evolve increasingly. To predict this one during the design phase a more and more used tool is the finite element calculation of thermo-elastic models. The verification by measurement of these predictions on operational systems or testing rods is a key element allowing to validate these calculations and also to improve the simulations in order to study more complex cases in a reliable manner. We present the results of such a comparative study carried out on prototype structures using dynamic holographic interferometry, based on a sillenite photorefractive crystal, to measure the thermo-mechanical behavior