The 35th Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium
To be held at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California May 9, 10, and 11, 2001.
Hosted by National Aeronautics and Space Administration and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
Organized by the Mechanisms Education Association
Table of Contents
- Symposium Objectives
- Symposium Location
- Symposium Activities
- Symposium Information
- Symposium Schedule
- Symposium Organizing and Advisory Committee
- About AMS
- Past Papers and Proceedings
- Other Space Related Sites
SYMPOSIUM OBJECTIVES
This symposium is concerned with the problems of design, fabrication, test, and operational use of aerospace mechanisms. Emphasis is on hardware developments. The symposium provides a social and technical forum for personnel active in the field of mechanisms technology, as well as providing a source of information for others interested in this field. The symposium rotates annually among eight NASA Centers and attracts papers and attendees from all over the world.
SYMPOSIUM LOCATION
The Four Points Hotel in Sunnyvale, California is the site for all technical sessions. The telephone number is 800-543-3322 and directions to the hotel can be found from www.fourpointssvl.com. The Four Points Hotel is a full-service hotel within 5 miles of downtown San Jose and 40 miles of San Francisco. The hotel offers restaurants, pools, fitness center, a full business center, and information about tourist activities and points of interest in the area.
SYMPOSIUM ACTIVITIES
The planned technical and social activities provide an opportunity for attendees to become professionally and personally acquainted.
On Tuesday evening, May 8, from 6:30-8:30 PM, check in or registration will be in the Pinot Noir Room. Symposium materials, including symposium proceedings, will be available, along with light refreshments.
On Wednesday evening, May 9, a reception with a light meal will be held at the Four Points Sheraton from 6:30-9:30 PM in the Champagne Room. The reception includes supplier displays and is open to all attendees and guests.
On Thursday evening, May 10, the symposium dinner and social evening will be held on board the Monte Carlo bay-cruise yacht. Participants will enjoy the sights of San Francisco and surrounding area from San Francisco Bay, while enjoying a buffet dinner, a no-host bar, dancing, laser karoke sing-along for brave souls, and open casino-style gaming tables. While not for monetary gain, unlimited gambling chips will be provided as part of the evening of entertainment for those who wish to try their luck on the Monte Carlo tables. Bus transportation will be provided from the symposium hotel.
On Friday afternoon, May 11, there will be a special tour of the Ames Research Center facilities, open to all attendees and guests. Buses depart from the hotel and return to the hotel after the tour. Please indicate on the registration card if you and your guests will participate.
The Bay Area offers an array of activities, including shopping, sports, museums, wineries, parks, beaches, mountains, and historic sites. Tourist information will be handed out at registration or seewww.bayarea.com
Presenting authors are required to attend a special breakfast on the day of their presentation. This gathering gives the session participants an opportunity to meet their Session Chair and each other, and to review the session arrangements. The Symposium Projectionist is available at this time to discuss presentation requirements. Please review the Oral Presentation Tips.
SYMPOSIUM INFORMATION
REGISTRATION
Advance registration is highly requested to facilitate planning and commitments for the social events. To register, return the registration card or submit a letter indicating name, mailing address, affiliation, e-mail address, and citizenship (please indicate if you are a permanent resident of the U.S.). Enclose the registration fee of $395 ($250 for educators, $100 for students and retirees (sessions only)). Late registration for the symposium may be done at the hotel on Tuesday evening, May 8, and each day of the symposium. NOTE: The registration fee for those registering after April 30 will be $450. This fee covers all sessions, proceedings, break refreshments, reception, symposium banquet, and specified bus transportation. Guest tickets for the symposium social events will be available at check-in.
Please note on the registration card or letter your interest in attending the ARC Facilities Tour. Also indicate your guest’s interest in attending the tour and the social events. NOTE: Foreign Nationals interested in taking this facility tour must register no later than April 10, to allow security processing time for access to ARC for this tour. Registration after this date cannot guarantee approval for access to ARC for this facility tour.
Make checks payable to 35 Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium. Checks/money orders must be drawn on a U.S. bank in U.S. dollars. Please do not send foreign currency. Cash, checks, VISA, Mastercard, American Express, and money orders are accepted. Submit payment with the registration card or letter to:
Merle Simbe
NASA Ames Research Center
MS:200-10
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Phone: 650-604-6315
FAX: 650-604-0031
email: msimbe@mail.arc.nasa.gov
A block of rooms is set aside at the symposium hotel. NOTE: Hotel rooms in the Bay Area are extremely difficult to find. A special single or double rate of $159 (plus tax) has been arranged for those with a U.S. government ID and $199 for all others. This special rate is available from May 6 to May 12. The negotiated government rate is within the “actual” lodging per diem for the area for “Conference Hotel”. Your US government ID will need to be presented at hotel check-in to guarantee this rate. Attendees are responsible for making their own reservations directly with the hotel. Attendees must mention the Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium to obtain the special rate. Requests for reservations must be made by April 10, 2001 to ensure obtaining the symposium rate. After this date, the hotel will honor the special rate on a space-available basis only. “No shows” are billed for the first night’s stay. All cancellations must be made no later than 6:00 PM on the day of arrival to avoid this charge. The hotel address is:
Four Points Hotel Sunnyvale
1250 Lakeside Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94085-4010
Phone: (408) 738-4888 or Toll Free 800-543-3322
Fax: (408) 737-7147
TRANSPORTATION
The San Francisco Bay Area is served by San Jose International Airport (SJC), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and Oakland International Airport (OAK) – the closest and most convenient is SJC (SJC is 4 miles from hotel, SFO and OAK are 35 miles away). Taxi service and car rentals are available at each airport. Complimentary van service is provided by the Four Points Hotel to and from SJC.
DR. GEORGE HERZL AWARD
Each year a plaque is awarded to the author(s) of the “Best Paper.” The award is based on paper content, presentation delivery, and visual aids. This award was established in honor of Dr. George Herzl of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, a co-founder of the Aerospace Mechanisms Symposium.
DR. CHARLES COALE AWARD
Each year, the AMS sponsors a child to Space Camp to honor Dr. Charles Coale of Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company. Dr. Coale was the leader of the symposium for more than 20 years and had a special interest in helping children.
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
| TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2001 | |
| 6:30-8:30 | CHECK-IN Four Points – Pinot Noir Room |
| WEDNESDAY, 9 MAY 2001 | |
| 8:00 | Wednesday Presenters’ Breakfast – Petit Sirah Room |
| 8:30 | CHECK-IN AND REFRESHMENTS – Grand Ball Room |
| 9:00 | INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Ron Mancini, Host Chairman NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA Stuart H. Loewenthal, General Chairman Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, CA CENTER WELCOME |
| 9:30 | SESSION I – BEARINGS & TRIBOLOGY Michael Eiden, Session Chair ESA/ESTeC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands` • The Role of Bearing and Scan Mechanism Life Testing in Flight Qualification of the MODIS Instrument • Dry Lubrication of Space-Related Tribocomponents with Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings • Effect of Alternate Solvent Diluents on PFPE Performance • Improving the Robustness to Vibration and Temperature Effects for a Scanner Duplex Ball Bearing Assembly |
| 11:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 | SESSION II – DEPLOY/RETRACT Andy Tao, Session Chair TRW Space & Technology Division, Redondo Beach, CA • Retractable Trunnion Pin Mechanism • Design of the X34 Speedbrake Mechanism Under Volume, Stiffness, Cost and Schedule Constraints • Dust Cover for a Mars Lander Solar Cell Experiment • SRTM Mast Damping Subsystem Design and Failure Investigation • Fly Cast Maneuver for Shuttle Radar Topography Mission |
| 3:30 | BREAK |
| 3:45 | SESSION III – POSTER PREVIEW Dave Putnam, Session Chair Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Sunnyvale, CA • Development of “Super-Flat” Strain Wave Gearing • Zero Play Hinge Latch • Non-Metallic Hold Down and Release for an RF Antenna • Fault tolerant Magnetic Bearing for Turbomachinery • Methods for Improving Yield of Liquid Salt Bath Nitrocarburized 13-8PH Steel Components • Wear and Corrosion Resistant PM Tool Steels for Advanced Bearing Applications • A Low-Shock Stage Separation Mechanism |
| 6:30-9:30 | RECEPTION & DISPLAYS AT THE FOUR POINTS – Champagne Room Invited component and software suppliers display current products and provide tutorials. |
| THURSDAY, 10 MAY 2001 | |
| 8:00 | Thursday Presenters’ Breakfast – Petit Sirah Room |
| 9:00 | SESSION IV – ACTUATORS & LATCHES Bob Neff, Session Chair Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, CA • Design of a High Resolution Hexapod Positioning Mechanism • Lessons Learned from the Design and Implementation of a Potentiometer Assembly for an Antenna Pointing Mechanism Application • MIRO Calibration Switch Mechanism • A Robotic Rover-Based Deep Driller for Mars Exploration • Design and Verification of Space Station EVA-Operated Truss Attachment System |
| 11:30 | LUNCH BREAK |
| 1:00 | SESSION V – SOLAR ARRAYS Jason Wakugawa Boeing Satellite Systems Inc., El Segundo, CA • A Four Panel, Rotating Solar Array Wing for the TIMED Spacecraft Mechanism Design, Development and Test Results • Validation of TSX-5 Solar Array Deployment by Correlated Simulation and Test • Milstar Solar Array Boom Deployment • The “Curwin” Design: A Novel Solar Array Concept for Constellations |
| 3:00 | BREAK |
| 3:15 | ANNOUNCEMENTS
DR. CHARLES COALE AWARD ANNOUNCEMENT EUROPEAN SPACE MECHANISMS & TRIBOLOGY SYMPOSIUM PREVIEW |
| 3:30 | SPECIAL PRESENTATION SOFIA – Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy – A Project Overview Nans Kunz, SOFIA Project Engineering Manager, NASA Ames Research Center |
| 5:30-10:30 | SYMPOSIUM BANQUET ON SAN FRANCISCO BAY |
| 5:30 | Buses leave hotel parking lot |
| 7:00 | Bay Cruise / Dinner |
| 10:00 | Disembark cruise, board buses, and return to the hotel |
| FRIDAY, 11 MAY 2001 | |
| 8:00 | Friday Presenters’ Breakfast – Petit Sirah Room |
| 9:00 | SESSION VI – RELEASE MECHANISMS Brian Gore, Session Chair The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA • Hitchhiker Marman Band Interconnect Linkage • Taking Commercial Spacecraft Practices Too Far • Design and Development of a Miniature Mechanisms Toolkit for Micro Spacecraft • Design, Development and Testing of a T-0 Environmental Control System Ground Disconnect |
| 11:00 | BREAK |
| 11:15 | PRESENTATION: An Overview of ARC William E. Berry, Deputy Center Director NASA Ames Research Center |
| 11:45 | TECHNICAL SESSIONS CONCLUSION• PRESENTATION OF THE HERZL AWARD
• CLOSING REMARKS |
| 1:00 | BUSES DEPART HOTEL FOR ARC TOUR |
| 1:00-3:00 | AMES RESEARCH CENTER FACILITY TOUR Ronald E. Mancini, Host Chairman, NASA ARC |
SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Stuart H. Loewenthal, General Chairman, Lockheed Martin
Edward A. Boesiger, Operations Chairman, Lockheed Martin
Obie H. Bradley, Jr., NASA LRC
Michael J. Eiden, ESA/ESTeC
Carlton L. Foster, NASA MSFC
Robert L. Fusaro, NASA GRC
Claef F. Hakun, NASA GSFC
Christopher P. Hansen, NASA JSC
Alan C. Littlefield, NASA KSC
Edward C. Litty, JPL
Fred G. Martwick, NASA ARC
Stewart C. Meyers, NASA GSFC
Martha E. Milton, NASA MSFC
Fred B. Oswald, NASA GRC
Minh Phan, NASA GSFC
John F. Rogers, NASA LRC
Donald R. Sevilla, JPL
Mark F. Turner, NASA ARC
James J. Zakrajsek, NASA GRC
SYMPOSIUM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
David F. Engelbert, NASA ARC (ret)
Otto H. Fedor, Lockheed Martin (ret)
John W. Redmon, Sr., NASA MSFC (ret)
Alfred L. Rinaldo, Lockheed Martin (ret)
William C. Schneider, NASA JSC (ret)
Bowden W. Ward, Jr., NASA GSFC (ret)