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Re: AO40: status
Here is a top view of what I was talking about a split seam along one of
the vertical edges of the exterior of the satellite:
------------ .../\\//..
/ \ .//|//.. <== escapiing gasses
/ \ |/|/
/ \//
| / <== Rupture along seam
| |
| | |
| | |
\ / /
\ / |/_ <== resulting torque
\ /
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de WB4APR, Bob
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Bob Bruninga wrote:
> If there is a leak anywhere inside AO40, it is just a big tin can with
> lots of panels. In such a cases usually one panel somewhere splits at the
> seam. Once it splits, it relieves the pressure on all the others so that
> no others will probably split.
>
> Such a split seam of a panel along an edge with an underlying strut
> structure would create an off-axis reaction, centered on the center of
> mass, but along the outside edge. A perfect way to spin up a 500 KG
> spacecraft..
>
> Just a thought...
>
> de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob
>
> See my APRS LIVE pages http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html
> See APRS SATELLITES http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/astars.html
> See MIM/Mic-E/Mic-Lite http://www.toad.net/~wclement/mim2.htm
>
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de WB4APR@amsat.org, Bob
See my APRS LIVE pages http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/aprs.html
See APRS SATELLITES http://web.usna.navy.mil/~bruninga/astars.html
See MIM/Mic-E/Mic-Lite http://www.toad.net/~wclement/mim2.htm
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