Acoustic qualification testing for space hardware

Acoustic testing at lower levels is typically reserved for large, low-surface-density components and subsystems, such as solar arrays, antennas and reflectors. Acoustic loads can cause paint flaking, debonding and cracking of built-up structures, and electronic failures in equipment mounted on honeycomb panels. Using Simcenter Testlab software solutions provide state-of-the-art test methods to replicate such loads, either using a reverberant acoustic field or loudspeakers in ordinary (acoustic) rooms to mimic the loads – a technique known as direct-field acoustic noise (DFAN).