Measurement of structural damping in the backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope

Nicholas Abbruzzese; Jonathan Arenberg

doi:10.1117/12.736268

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25 September 2007 Measurement of structural damping in the backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope

Nicholas Abbruzzese, Jonathan Arenberg

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Proceedings Volume 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III; 668705 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736268
Event: Optical Engineering + Applications, 2007, San Diego, California, United States

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This document describes the Cryogenic Damping Test (CDT) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Backplane Structural Test Article (BSTA). Contained in this report are descriptions of test configuration, highlights of data, review of methods used to extract modal parameters, and presentation of results and conclusions.

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Nicholas Abbruzzese and Jonathan Arenberg "Measurement of structural damping in the backplane of the James Webb Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE 6687, UV/Optical/IR Space Telescopes: Innovative Technologies and Concepts III, 668705 (25 September 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.736268

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