Research Article

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

Table 5

Natural frequencies of the threefold 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 1005.6 059−4.515.8 237−0.80
0.0 9685.6 861−3.145.8 371−0.57
0.1 8745.7 660−1.785.8 486−0.38
0.2 7265.8 380−0.565.8 570−0.23
0.3 5275.9 0270.555.8 624−0.14
0.4 2825.9 6061.535.8 648−0.10