Faculty Advisor
Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
Center
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Sponsor
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Abstract
The MIT Lincoln Laboratory High Power Missile Alternative Range Target Instrument program will test an Optical Sensor Module (OSM) payload onboard an expendable rocket. This project presents the design of a mechanical system and the procedures for the preflight testing of the OSM payload. The system includes a support structure that rotates the OSM under an attached optics bar that excites the OSM sensors. Analysis of the light sources and collection optics used on the optics bar is presented. Finite element heat transfer analysis provides the effects on the optics bar and the OSM due to heat from the lights, and establishes the heat-safety procedures during testing. Finite element structural analysis provides the static and dynamics response of the testing system.
Publisher
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Date Accepted
October 2009
Major
Mechanical Engineering
Project Type
Major Qualifying Project
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Accessibility
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Advisor Department
Mechanical Engineering