Chinese Space Science and Technology ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (4): 31-.doi: 10.3780/j.issn.1000.758X.2014.04.005

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NumericalAnalysisontheDeploymentandFoldingProcessofLargescaleSolarSailMembrane

 HUANG  Xiao-Qi, WANG  Li, LIU  Yu-Fei, YANG  Chen, CHEN  Ying   

  1. (QianXuesenLaboratoryofSpaceTechnology,ChinaAcademyofSpaceTechnology,Beijing100094)
  • Published:2014-08-25 Online:2014-08-25

Abstract: Forthenumericaloptimizationanalysisonthefoldinganddeploymentprocessofthesolarsailmembrane,askewleafoutfoldingpatternwasfirstlyproposedbasedontheleafinandleafoutfoldingpatterns.Fivefoldingmodelswithdifferentfoldingparameterswerebuiltuponthethreefoldingpatterns.ThefiniteelementsoftwareANSYS/LSDYNAwasusedtosimulatethedeploymentofthesefoldingpatterns.Theresultshowsthatsolarsailmembranestressalongthedeploymentprocessisrelatedtothedeploymentspeedandfoldingwidth.Theareaclosetothevertexofsquaresolarsailmembranehasthehigheststress,andshouldbereinforced.Theskewleafoutfoldingpatternisthemostappropriatefoldingpatternforthesolarsailmembrane.

Key words: Membrane folding and deployment, Stress distribution, Numerical analysis, Solar sail