CHARACTERISATION OF INTEGRATED DAMPING FEATURES FOR ELASTIC COLLAPSIBLE CFRP HINGES (ARTES 5.1 4E.061) EXPRO+ (RE-ISSUE)
13, July 2015

ESA Open Invitation To Tender AO8351
Open Date: 07/07/2015
Closing Date: 13/10/2015

Status: ISSUED
Reference Nr.: 15.1TT.76
Prog. Ref.: ARTES 5 Sub-El. 5.1
Budget Ref.: E/0505-01B – ARTES 5 Sub-El. 5.1
Special Prov.: BE+DK+FR+DE+IT+NL+ES+SE+CH+GB+IE+AT+NO+FI+PT+LU+CZ+RO+CA
Tender Type: C
Price Range: 200-500 KEURO
Keywords: COMMON SPACECRAFT BUS AND PAYLOAD ELEMENTS/
Establishment: ESTEC
Directorate: Directorate Telecom & Integrated Applica
Department: Telecom Technologies,Product&Systems Dep
Division: Technologies and Product Division
Contract Officer: Dean, Andrea
Last Update Date: 07/07/2015
Update Reason: Tender issue

The objective is to investigate, conceive and develop suitable means to overcome end of travel shock criticality of CFRP based elastic collapsible deployable hinges, by implementing suitable structural damping features, to be fully integrated within the CFRP blades themselves (no additional mechanism to be introduced). For the full description of this activity and up-to-date intended issue quarter/intended issue week information, please consult the ARTES website: http://artes.esa.int/artes-51/tenders.

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