Micro-jitter attenuation of spaceborne cooler by using a blade-type hyperelastic shape memory alloy passive isolator

In this study, the primary design objective is to develop a passive isolator that can guarantee structural safety of the cooler assembly in a launch vibration environment without a launch locking mechanism, while effectively isolating the cooler-induced micro jitter during the on-orbit operation of the cooler. To achieve the design objective, we focused on the utilization of characteristics of the hyperelastic shape memory effects. The major advantage of the isolator is that the micro jitter isolation performance is much less sensitive to the aligned position of the isolator in comparison with the conventional isolator. Moreover, implementation of an additional Og compensation device during a satellite level on-ground test, such as a jitter measurement test, is not required. In this study, the basic characteristics of the isolator were measured using the torque test and free vibration test. The micro jitter attenuation capability and position sensitivity of the proposed isolator design were validated by the micro jitter measurement test. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.