Research Article

Encapsulation Based Method for Natural Frequency Identification of Deployable Solar Arrays with Multiple Plates

Table 3

Natural frequencies of the twofold solar array in the vertical direction.

Suspension stiffness ky (N·mm−1)First-order natural frequency in the vertical direction
Test value (Hz)Relative error of test (%)Corrected value of mathematical model (Hz)Corrected relative error (%)

0.0 1003.5 211−2.033.6 1600.61
0.0 9803.7 8845.403.5 9210.06
0.1 9354.0 53612.783.5 599−0.95
0.2 8564.3 00019.643.5 365−1.61
0.3 7504.5 30026.043.5 186−2.10
0.4 6104.7 47532.093.5 113−2.31