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Ruwan Somawardhana

By Ruwan Somawardhana
Spacecraft Thermal Engineering
11.16.2009 8:39 AM
Posted In: Software & Computing Systems: Advanced Modeling and Simulation

During the Juno Critical Design Review (CDR), a question was raised whether the power cycling of the TWTA (electronics box) on the Telecom Panel could adversely thermal cycle the other electronics boxes mounted around the TWTA. This action item was assigned to me to evaluate the expected thermal cycling affects could be expected during typical operations. Using the Thermal Math Model (TMM) developed earlier, I set the model up for a transient case that would simulate a science pass expected ...Read More on 'Juno: Thermal Effect of TWTA Power Cycling and Thermal Model Convergence Issue'
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