Accession Number:

AD0694834

Title:

DYNAMICS OF A TEST STAND ON A SELF-ALIGNING BEARING WITH AIR LUBRICATION,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO

Personal Author(s):

• Arakelyan,M. G.

Report Date:

1969-04-03

Pagination or Media Count:

7.0

Abstract:

To simulate the revolution of an artificial satellite around a center of mass, a test stand on a self-aligning bearing with air lubrication was developed. Moments of friction and touching are very small in this system, which revolves around a single vertical axis. A photoelectric eye measures the angular rate of the platforms rotation and the results are electronically transferred to an automatic tape recorder.

Descriptors:

• *ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
• *TEST EQUIPMENT
• SPINNING(MOTION)
• GYRO STABILIZERS
• GAS BEARINGS
• ROTATION
• VELOCITY
• FRICTION
• INERTIA
• ELECTRONIC RECORDING SYSTEMS
• CALIBRATION
• ALIGNMENT
• ACCELERATION
• ACCURACY
• USSR

Subject Categories:

• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Unmanned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE