Experimental Verification of the Thermal Flutter Criterion for a Slender Cantilever Boom

No AccessTechnical NotesExperimental Verification of the Thermal Flutter Criterion for a Slender Cantilever BoomDengge Jin, Chao Fan, Jing Wang, Yanqiang Bi, Xinming Su, Guoqing Liu and Zhihai XiangDengge Jin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8038-554XTsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, People’s Republic of China*Master Student, Department of Engineering Mechanics. Equally Contributed with the Second Author.Search for more papers by this author, Chao FanBeijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of China†Ph.D., Beijing Key Laboratory of Environment and Reliability Test Technology for Aerospace Mechanical and Electrical Product. Equally Contributed with the First Author.Search for more papers by this author, Jing WangBeijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of China‡Professor, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering.Search for more papers by this author, Yanqiang BiBeijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of China§Assistant Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environment and Reliability Test Technology for Aerospace Mechanical and Electrical Product; also Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of Space Environment Simulation.Search for more papers by this author, Xinming SuBeijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaAssistant Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Environment and Reliability Test Technology for Aerospace Mechanical and Electrical Product; also Tianjin Enterprise Key Laboratory of Space Environment Simulation.Search for more papers by this author, Guoqing LiuBeijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of China**Professor, Beijing Institute of Spacecraft Environment Engineering.Search for more papers by this author and Zhihai Xiang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6078-6373Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, People’s Republic of China††Associate Professor, Department of Engineering Mechanics; .Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:15 May 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J061414SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Connell G. and Chobotov V., “Possible Effects of Boom Flutter on the Attitude Dynamics of the OV1-10 Satellite,” Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets, Vol. 6, No. 1, 1969, pp. 90–92. https://doi.org/10.2514/3.29542 LinkGoogle Scholar[2] Thornton E. 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