Thermal Control of Tribolab, a materials experiment in the International Space Station

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dc.contributor.authorGarmendia, IƱaki
dc.contributor.authorAnglada, Eva
dc.contributor.authorVallejo, Haritz
dc.contributor.authorBrizuela, Marta
dc.contributor.authorInsausti, Nagore
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-09T07:32:59Z
dc.date.available2015-10-09T07:32:59Z
dc.date.issued2012-05
dc.description.abstractTribolab is a materials tribology experiment that was flown on the International Space Station (ISS) from February 2008 to September 2009. The main objective of the experiment was the study of the behaviour of new solid lubricants (alloyed MoS2 with WC) under real space conditions. The thermal control of the instrument (techniques needed to ensure that the temperature range of the experiment components are adequate in all the mission possible scenarios) was designed, assembled, integrated and tested by a team of engineers of Inasmet-Tecnalia and INTA. The design concept employed, mainly passive thermal control with some active components, is explained in detail. The computational models devised for the design, as well as the different mission scenarios are also explained. The verification and on earth qualification tests are described and the difficulties encountered during the project for the thermal subsystem are also explained. Finally, the real thermal behaviour of the experiment when on space is described, with some post-flight information.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMinistry of Science and Technology, National Plan for Space reference ESP2003-07234. Ministry of Education and Culture, National Plan for Space reference ESP2007-65130.en
dc.divisionIndustria y Transporteen
dc.identifier.citationGARMENDIA, IƱaki; ANGLADA, Eva; VALLEJO, Haritz; BRIZUELA, Marta; INSAUSTI, Nerea. Thermal Control of Tribolab, a materials experiment in the International Space Station. In: Proceedings of the 50th Anniversary Conference. Engineering, Science and Technology, San SebastiƔn (Spain), 2012. Pamplona (Spain): Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarra, 2012en
dc.identifier.isbn978-84-8081-290-0en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11556/80
dc.isiNoen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisherServicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad de Navarraen
dc.rights.accessRightsembargoed accessen
dc.subject.keywordsSpace Thermal Controlen
dc.subject.keywordsInternational Space Stationen
dc.subject.keywordsISSen
dc.subject.keywordsComputational simulationen
dc.titleThermal Control of Tribolab, a materials experiment in the International Space Stationen
dc.typeconference outputen
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