The battery packs are one of the most vulnerable parts of satellites for damages induced by vibration and shock during launch process. This is due to their considerable weight which increases their susceptibility for structural damage and short connection. | Vibration and functional tests on a new designed battery pack of a micro-satellite Engineering Solid Mechanics 2018 129-134 Contents lists available at GrowingScience Engineering Solid Mechanics homepage esm Vibration and functional tests on a new designed battery pack of a micro-satellite Moharam Ghahramani Darvish Semnan University Semnan Iran A R T I C L EI N F O ABSTRACT Article history The battery packs are one of the most vulnerable parts of satellites for damages induced by Received 22 November 2017 vibration and shock during launch process. This is due to their considerable weight which Accepted 1 January 2018 increases their susceptibility for structural damage and short connection. Therefore the related Available online components have to pass successfully ground dynamic and vibration tests in order to verify the 2 January 2018 Keywords dynamic design of such component and ensure the successful performance of a space mission. Battery pack design In this paper first a new design is presented for a battery pack of a microsatellite and then the Satellite vibration test verification of designed and manufacturing pack is done by performing some vibration tests ECSS standard based on the European space standard ECSS . It was shown that the designed battery pack Experimental study which uses circular or radial type arrangement for the battery cell layout can suitably pass the mechanical vibration tests applied to the pack during the lunch. 2018 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 1. Introduction Cordless products or devices which use rechargeable batteries are widely used in many applications. The rechargeable batteries are utilized in numerous from computer products and or housewares to power tools. Nickel-cadmium nickel-metal-hydride battery and or lithium-ion cells are among different types which may be used in these devices. Since these devices use a plurality of the battery cells they may be ordinarily packaged as the battery
