Centrifuge rotor integrated analysis

Koichi Ohtomi; Takuya Kanzawa; Roy Hampton; Osamu Kawamoto

doi:10.1117/12.544738

3 September 2004 Centrifuge rotor integrated analysis

Koichi Ohtomi, Takuya Kanzawa, Roy Hampton, Osamu Kawamoto

Proceedings Volume 5420, Modeling, Simulation, and Calibration of Space-based Systems; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544738
Event: Defense and Security, 2004, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

The Centrifuge Rotor (CR) is a large life science experiment facility which will be installed in the International Space Station (ISS). It will provide artificial gravity of 2g or less by rotating up to 4 science habitats, and it will be the first such machinery to be used in space. To prevent vibration disturbance exchanges between the CR and the ISS, a soft 5 dof vibration isolation mechanism is used which cannot support the CR weight on the ground. Therefore, the CR on-orbit performance must be predicted by integrated analysis which must model all of the equipment including sensors, actuators, flexible structure, gyroscopic effects, and controllers. Here, we introduce the CR mechatronics, a verification procedure, and examples of the application of the integrated analysis which is based on the general-purpose mechanism analysis software ADAMS.

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Koichi Ohtomi, Takuya Kanzawa, Roy Hampton, and Osamu Kawamoto "Centrifuge rotor integrated analysis", Proc. SPIE 5420, Modeling, Simulation, and Calibration of Space-based Systems, (3 September 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.544738

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