Title :
Finite element analysis about solar sail
Author :
Sheng, Z.Y. ; Zheng, Jin Jin ; Zhou, H.J. ; Huang, W.H. ; Sheng, L.G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precise Machinery & Precise Instrum., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China, Hefei
Abstract :
The article is a structural analysis about a new space probe-solar sail. The model was designed and generated by our group, and it has been produced and deployed successfully on ground. The loads on outer space was introduced and expressed with equation. As a special state, the largest load around earth was used to analyze the model by the finite element method. We got some results about strain and stress, after setting some initial parameters. Compared with the results in the literature, the results presented here were credible. So our model, method and parameters can be used in solar sail analysis.
Keywords :
deformation; finite element analysis; solar powered vehicles; space vehicle power plants; space vehicles; stress analysis; finite element analysis; solar sail; space probe; strain; stress; structural analysis; Acceleration; Belts; Biomembranes; Containers; Finite element methods; NASA; Space exploration; Space technology; Space vehicles; Temperature; FEM; solar sail;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Automation, 2008. ICIA 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Changsha
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2183-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2184-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICINFA.2008.4608277
