Session
Technical Poster Session III
Location
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Abstract
Motivation: Interface material selection is costly and inefficient
•Data sheets give generic material properties like thermal conductivity, thickness, and compression that don’t actually tell you how the material will perform in application
•After basic material evaluation, testing is required for each new application to understand how the product will perform in application (time consuming and expensive)
•Evan after qualification, maintaining multiple solution types (liquid, cured in place, dry gaskets makes inventory management
•Traditional solutions have built in weaknesses that have plagued builds for years:
•Cured solutions takes days to install and are difficult to rework
•Thick dry pads distort interfaces when compressed, resulting in stressed components and potted insert pull out
•Liquid solutions (greases and gels) can pump out of interfaces over time resulting in unexpected failures
Thermal Material Selection in Small Satellite Interfaces to Optimize Cost, Performance and Assembly Time
Utah State University, Logan, UT
Motivation: Interface material selection is costly and inefficient
•Data sheets give generic material properties like thermal conductivity, thickness, and compression that don’t actually tell you how the material will perform in application
•After basic material evaluation, testing is required for each new application to understand how the product will perform in application (time consuming and expensive)
•Evan after qualification, maintaining multiple solution types (liquid, cured in place, dry gaskets makes inventory management
•Traditional solutions have built in weaknesses that have plagued builds for years:
•Cured solutions takes days to install and are difficult to rework
•Thick dry pads distort interfaces when compressed, resulting in stressed components and potted insert pull out
•Liquid solutions (greases and gels) can pump out of interfaces over time resulting in unexpected failures
