Research Article

CubeSat’s Deployable Solar Panel with Viscoelastic Multilayered Stiffener for Launch Vibration Attenuation

Table 5

Estimated dynamic displacement of solar panels in vibration loads.

TestSolar panelMax. displacement (mm)

Sine vibrationw/o stiffener0.49
with 3 layers of stiffener0.12
with 5 layers of stiffener0.05

Random vibrationw/o stiffener1.39
with 3 layers of stiffener0.13
with 5 layers of stiffener0.04