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Fields Of Expertise• Aerospace Engineering• Thermal Control Design• Structural Analysis/Design• IT Consulting• Electronics Analysis/ Design• Space Weather• Radiation & particle physics• Scientific Instruments• Space Start-Ups Help

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CAA ANTENNA• Thermal control for CAA

Antenna.• Major challenges: High

dissipation heat losses in a small room.

• Thermal solution: Passive thermal control.

• Increase of thermal radiative and conductive coupling between equipment and structure.

Courtesy of Alcatel Space

CAA ANTENNA

THERMICA GMM models for Conformal Array

Antenna.

Images generated with THERMICA

SARA ANTENNA

• Thermal control for Sara Antenna.

• Major challenges: Dual reflector non- homogeneous thermal conductivity.

• Solution: Passive thermal radiative coatings/paints.

Courtesy of EADS-CASA

XMM-NEWTON MSP

• Main Support Platform thermal control.• Major Challenges: Very complex assembly.• Solution: Passive thermal control and

heaters.

MSP

METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION

• Thermal control for the Service Module.

• Thermal control for the propulsion lines, 400N LAMs & 10N Thrusters.

• Coupling thermal models through TCP/IP.

• Thermal Test prediction, correlation and support.

Source: ESA-ESTEC imagery

MSG-1

Meteosat Second Generation Propulsion System (UPS)

complexity.

ESATAN TMM based on conduction and radiative sink temperatures was

performed for the whole UPS

CUPOLA SHUTTERS (ISS)

• Thermal control for the CUPOLA shutter mechanisms.

• Major challenges: temperature control compatible with human handling and humidity condensation concerns.

• Solution: inside elements temperature above dew-point and within a safe range.

Source: ESA-ESTEC

CUPOLA SHUTTERS

Thermal Mathematical Model (TMM) Radiative

couplings map

Hardware details

MARES PROJECT (ISS)

• Structural analysis for Main Box and Ankle Adapter.

• Major challenges: too high end-stop loads applied.

• Very tight schedule.• Complex FEM

model.Source: NTE S.A.

MARES PROJECT

Ankle Adapter SolidMain Box

Ankle Adapter Plates

Images generated with PATRAN

FEM viewer SOFTWARE

• Design and Implementation of a C-source program based on OPENGL for the visualization of complex FEM Nastran Models.

• Fully operational.

Actual screen dump of the program.

MGAX & MGAS ANTENNAS

• Structural analysis for MGAX & MGAS antennas for Rosetta satellite.

• Eigenvalues, static and Sine analyses.

• MGAX : reflector antenna.

• MGAS : Micro Strip antenna.

MGAX & MGAS ANTENNAS

Images created with custom FEM viewer program

MGAS: Left - MGAX: Right

ARIANE 5 VEB-ESC A

• Structural analysis and thermal control.

• Major challenges: very complex and diverse load cases (>87000).

• A FORTRAN tool was developed to perform the analysis based on combinations of unitary loads.

Source: ESA-ESTEC and INTA.

ARIANE 5 VEB-ESC A

VEB Cylinder test setup FEM model

VEB Cone test setup FEM model

Images generated with PATRAN

DIMENSIONING FOR 157 FLIGHT

DIMENSIONING MODEL FOR

ARIANE 5 157 FLIGHT

Image created with custom FEM viewer program

REINFORCEMENTS for 157 FLIGHT

VEB window reinforcements for

157 flight test campaign.

Image created with custom FEM viewer program

CRT for VEB ARIANE 5

• Structural analysis for the Combined Rupture Test (CRT) for the Vehicle Equipment Bay (VEB)

• Purpose : Qualify the VEB structure.

FEM model for the CRT test prediction

CRT for VEB ARIANE 5

Image generated with custom FEM viewer program

ASCAT ANTENNAS for METOP

• Support for Thermal control activities for the Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) antennas for the METOP satellite.

• Main goal : provide a temperature range within specifications

Source: ESA-ESTEC

ASCAT ANTENNAS for METOP

MID ANTENNA ANTRF ANTENNA

ANTRA ANTENNA

Geometrical Mathematical Models (GMM) for METOP antennas

Images created with ESARAD

GOBI ANTENNA for HISPASAT-1C

• Study phase A of the thermal control of the Hispasat-1C GOBI antenna.

• Main Challenges: very high dissipating elements and very compact design.

• Solution : Heat pipe selection in order to conduct thermal loads to the radiators.

Photo: Alcatel Space

EuTEMP

• Temperature Recording Unit for EuTEF platform in Columbus pallet for ISS.

• Consultancy activities in Thermal Control, Structures and Electronics Analysis

EuTEMP GMM

CTTB (Sector Shielding Analysis)

• Components Technology Test Bed

• Structural/Thermal Design and Analysis

• Radiation Dose Analysis

• SEU Analysis

Geant4 Simulation for CTTB

CTTB EB Pallet (Sector Shielding Analysis)

MultifunctionalSpectrometer

• Interplanetary Particle Spectrometer

• Structural and Thermal Design

• Particle Interaction Simulator

• Front-End design

PIPS Simulator Main Window

Scientific Instruments Design

Advance Scientific Simulations

Advance Physics Simulations

OTHER WORKS

• FORTRAN programs to post-process laminate stress and Margin of Security (MoS) for sandwiches structures based on TSAI-WU, HILL and HOFFMAN criteria.

• FORTRAN post-process tools for stress in solid FEM elements.

• EXCEL macros to post-process Micro strain data for Ariane 5 VEB test prediction.

CONCLUSIONS

• The analysis involved in the projects shown herein belongs to both thermal and structural domain.

• The problems range from medium to very complex subsystems.

• The tools involved in the creation of the analyses are ESATAN, SINDA, ESARAD, THERMICA, NASTRAN, PATRAN, FEMAP, IDEAS, GEANT4, ROOT and many others.

FINAL CONCLUSIONS

• Aguilar Aerospace has a high degree expertise and knowledge of the Aerospace industry.

• All projects has been performed with great success in all fields.

• The expertise in Aerospace is not only to the technical level but also as manager and marketing/sales level.