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doi: 10.4121/20398698

van der Wielen, Nathan (2022): SDA Thermo-Elastic Python Scripts, underlying the master thesis: Thermo-Elastic Analysis of a Spiral Dish Antenna Reflector In Space. Version 1. 4TU.ResearchData. software. https://doi.org/10.4121/20398698.v1

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• Aerospace Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Construction Materials Performance and Processes

ABAQUS, ABAQUS python scripting, ESATAN, Python scripts, Reflector, Space, thermal analysis, thermo-elastic analysis

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by Nathan van der Wielen

These scripts were used for Nathan van der Wielen's Master thesis for the thermo-elastic study of a novel spiral dish antenna (SDA) reflector. The following scripts are used with ESATAN-TMS, Abaqus, and a Python IDE.

Base Reflector Thermo-Elastic Analysis.py - reads .csv data of heat flux, surface area and time from 7 different ESATAN output files for all LPM nodes, builds a normal reflector model in Abaqus, assignes the heat fluxes to the correct surfaces, performs a thermo-elastic analysis, and outputs a thermal and deflection csv file.

Spiral Dish Antenna Reflector Thermo-Elastic Analysis.py - same as the previous python script but for an SDA reflector.

SDA and Reflector Thermo-Elastic Analysis Result Study.py - Reads the output files from the different scripts for the different cases, calculates, and output results/plots comparing different cases.

• 2022-09-06 first online, published, posted

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TU Delft, Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Department of Space Engineering