What You Will Create

In this tutorial, you will use a conceptual Adams model of a satellite. We developed this model using representative data for deployment devices and attachments to illustrate the effect of launch vibration on the structure.

The model includes a payload adapter between the satellite and the launch vehicle. Note that the solar panels are in the undeployed position. For other applications, the existing model can contain user-written subroutines, user-defined elements, hydraulic elements, and more.

You will create the vibration actuators, input channels, and output channels to study the vibration response of this system.

Figure 2 shows a model of the satellite.