Design and simulation of a closed-loop deployable structure

Author

Zheng, Fei ; Chen, Mei ; Hao, Bei

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electromech. Eng., Xidian Univ., Xi´´an

fYear

2006

fDate

19-21 Jan. 2006

Lastpage

1298

Abstract

A closed-loop deployable structure has potential applications for ultra-lightweight solar arrays, solar sails, and radar structures. We firstly proposed a reasonable structure of this kind of structure in order to build up a feasible deployable paraboloid antenna with a diameter of 3 m for a good packaging ratio. Then dynamic simulations of the deploying processes with two typical working conditions are presented, which reveals that our design is feasible. Next the detailed structures of our design are given out. The stowed diameter of the structure is 0.09 m and the mass of it is 0.6 Kg. With a packaging ratio to be 0.03 and an ultra-lightweight mass, such a structure has a great potential to be used in a huge deployable mesh antenna

Keywords

aerospace control; aerospace simulation; closed loop systems; satellite antennas; 0.09 m; 0.6 kg; 3 m; closed loop deployable structure; deployable mesh antenna; paraboloid antenna; radar structures; solar sails; ultralightweight solar arrays; Antenna feeds; Aperture antennas; Earth; Employee welfare; Gallium nitride; Linear antenna arrays; Packaging; Radar antennas; Radar applications; Reflector antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Control in Aerospace and Astronautics, 2006. ISSCAA 2006. 1st International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Harbin

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9395-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCAA.2006.1627524

Filename

1627524