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• Aguilar Aerospace S.L
• Aerospace Engineering
• Tlf (34) 657 76 25 59
• Avda El Ferrol 19 piso 1 puerta 4
• 28029 Madrid (Spain)
• E-mail
• Engineering_at_aguilar-aerospace.com

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Fields Of Expertise

• Aerospace Engineering
• Thermal Control Design
• Structural Analysis/Design
• IT Consulting
• Electronics Analysis/ Design
• Space Weather
• Radiation particle physics
• Scientific Instruments
• Space Start-Ups Help

Photo 2002 FIDAE Chile
Phone [phone] E-mail
Engineering_at_aguilar-aerospace.com
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CAA ANTENNA

• Thermal control for CAA Antenna.
• Major challenges High dissipation heat losses in
  a small room.
• Thermal solution Passive thermal control.
• Increase of thermal radiative and conductive
  coupling between equipment and structure.

Courtesy of Alcatel Space
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CAA ANTENNA
THERMICA GMM models for Conformal Array Antenna.
Images generated with THERMICA
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SARA ANTENNA

• Thermal control for Sara Antenna.
• Major challenges Dual reflector non- homogeneous
  thermal conductivity.
• Solution Passive thermal radiative
  coatings/paints.

Courtesy of EADS-CASA
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XMM-NEWTON MSP
MSP

• Main Support Platform thermal control.
• Major Challenges Very complex assembly.
• Solution Passive thermal control and heaters.

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METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION

• Thermal control for the Service Module.
• Thermal control for the propulsion lines, 400N
  LAMs 10N Thrusters.
• Coupling thermal models through TCP/IP.
• Thermal Test prediction, correlation and support.

Source ESA-ESTEC imagery
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MSG-1
Meteosat Second Generation Propulsion System
(UPS) complexity.
ESATAN TMM based on conduction and radiative sink
temperatures was performed for the whole UPS
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CUPOLA SHUTTERS (ISS)

• Thermal control for the CUPOLA shutter
  mechanisms.
• Major challenges temperature control compatible
  with human handling and humidity condensation
  concerns.
• Solution inside elements temperature above
  dew-point and within a safe range.

Source ESA-ESTEC
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CUPOLA SHUTTERS
Hardware details
Thermal Mathematical Model (TMM) Radiative
couplings map
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MARES PROJECT (ISS)

• Structural analysis for Main Box and Ankle
  Adapter.
• Major challenges too high end-stop loads
  applied.
• Very tight schedule.
• Complex FEM model.

Source NTE S.A.
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MARES PROJECT
Main Box
Ankle Adapter Solid
Ankle Adapter Plates
Images generated with PATRAN
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FEM viewer SOFTWARE

• Design and Implementation of a C-source program
  based on OPENGL for the visualization of complex
  FEM Nastran Models.
• Fully operational.

Actual screen dump of the program.
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MGAX MGAS ANTENNAS

• Structural analysis for MGAX MGAS antennas for
  Rosetta satellite.
• Eigenvalues, static and Sine analyses.
• MGAX reflector antenna.
• MGAS Micro Strip antenna.

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MGAX MGAS ANTENNAS
MGAS Left - MGAX Right
Images created with custom FEM viewer program
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ARIANE 5 VEB-ESC A

• Structural analysis and thermal control.
• Major challenges very complex and diverse load
  cases (gt87000).
• A FORTRAN tool was developed to perform the
  analysis based on combinations of unitary loads.

Source ESA-ESTEC and INTA.
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ARIANE 5 VEB-ESC A
VEB Cylinder test setup FEM model
VEB Cone test setup FEM model
Images generated with PATRAN
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DIMENSIONING FOR 157 FLIGHT
DIMENSIONING MODEL FOR ARIANE 5 157 FLIGHT
Image created with custom FEM viewer program
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REINFORCEMENTS for 157 FLIGHT
VEB window reinforcements for 157 flight test
campaign.
Image created with custom FEM viewer program
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CRT for VEB ARIANE 5

• Structural analysis for the Combined Rupture Test
  (CRT) for the Vehicle Equipment Bay (VEB)
• Purpose Qualify the VEB structure.

FEM model for the CRT test prediction
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CRT for VEB ARIANE 5
Image generated with custom FEM viewer program
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ASCAT ANTENNAS for METOP

• Support for Thermal control activities for the
  Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT) antennas for the
  METOP satellite.
• Main goal provide a temperature range within
  specifications

Source ESA-ESTEC
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ASCAT ANTENNAS for METOP
MID ANTENNA
ANTRF ANTENNA
Geometrical Mathematical Models (GMM) for METOP
antennas
ANTRA ANTENNA
Images created with ESARAD
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GOBI ANTENNA for HISPASAT-1C

• Study phase A of the thermal control of the
  Hispasat-1C GOBI antenna.
• Main Challenges very high dissipating elements
  and very compact design.
• Solution Heat pipe selection in order to
  conduct thermal loads to the radiators.

Photo Alcatel Space
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EuTEMP

• Temperature Recording Unit for EuTEF platform in
  Columbus pallet for ISS.
• Consultancy activities in Thermal Control,
  Structures and Electronics Analysis

EuTEMP GMM
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CTTB (Sector Shielding Analysis)

• Components Technology Test Bed
• Structural/Thermal Design and Analysis
• Radiation Dose Analysis
• SEU Analysis

Geant4 Simulation for CTTB
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CTTB EB Pallet (Sector Shielding Analysis)
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MultifunctionalSpectrometer

• Interplanetary Particle Spectrometer
• Structural and Thermal Design
• Particle Interaction Simulator
• Front-End design

PIPS Simulator Main Window
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Scientific Instruments Design
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Advance Scientific Simulations
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Advance Physics Simulations
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OTHER WORKS

• FORTRAN programs to post-process laminate stress
  and Margin of Security (MoS) for sandwiches
  structures based on TSAI-WU, HILL and HOFFMAN
  criteria.
• FORTRAN post-process tools for stress in solid
  FEM elements.
• EXCEL macros to post-process Micro strain data
  for Ariane 5 VEB test prediction.

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CONCLUSIONS

• The analysis involved in the projects shown
  herein belongs to both thermal and structural
  domain.
• The problems range from medium to very complex
  subsystems.
• The tools involved in the creation of the
  analyses are ESATAN, SINDA, ESARAD, THERMICA,
  NASTRAN, PATRAN, FEMAP, IDEAS, GEANT4, ROOT and
  many others.

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FINAL CONCLUSIONS

• Aguilar Aerospace has a high degree expertise and
  knowledge of the Aerospace industry.
• All projects has been performed with great
  success in all fields.
• The expertise in Aerospace is not only to the
  technical level but also as manager and
  marketing/sales level.