Deployable Composite Booms for Various Gossamer Space Structures

Straubel, Marco; Block, Joern; Sinapius, Michael; Hühne, Christian

doi:10.2514/6.2011-2023

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“…Rollable carbon-fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) booms were developed by DLR for an Earth-orbiting Solar Power Satellite (SPS) [211] that consisted of two laminated sheets in an Ω-shape bonded together to form a tubular structure. Flattening this shape made it easier to bend in one direction, enabling the booms to be coiled for storage [226]. Araromi et al [7] created a microsatellite gripper that utilises a pre-stretched, rollable dielectric elastomer membrane bonded to a flexible but inextensible frame that remains rolled-up until the pre-stretch is released during deployment.…”

Section: Rollable Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Groh

Holman

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Section: Rollable Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Groh

Holman

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…A multibar mechanism was adopted to realize two-dimensional antenna deployment [60], as shown in Figure 8(c). In 2008, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) developed a 6 m 9 1.3 m membrane SAR antenna with a four-layer membrane, which was deployed by rollable carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) booms [61,62]. The antenna structure configuration was similar to that in Figure 7(c), but cables at the membrane edges were connected directly to the CFRP booms instead of the cross bars.…”

Section: Development Of Large Planar Membrane Antenna Structural Confmentioning

confidence: 89%

Review of Large Spacecraft Deployable Membrane Antenna Structures

Liu

Qiu

et al. 2017

Chin. J. Mech. Eng.

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The demand for large antennas in future space missions has increasingly stimulated the development of deployable membrane antenna structures owing to their light weight and small stowage volume. However, there is little literature providing a comprehensive review and comparison of different membrane antenna structures. Space-borne membrane antenna structures are mainly classified as either parabolic or planar membrane antenna structures. For parabolic membrane antenna structures, there are five deploying and forming methods, including inflation, inflation-rigidization, elastic ribs driven, Shape Memory Polymer (SMP)-inflation, and electrostatic forming. The development and detailed comparison of these five methods are presented. Then, properties of membrane materials (including polyester film and polyimide film) for parabolic membrane antennas are compared. Additionally, for planar membrane antenna structures, frame shapes have changed from circular to rectangular, and different tensioning systems have emerged successively, including single Miura-Natori, double, and multi-layer tensioning systems. Recent advances in structural configurations, tensioning system design, and dynamic analysis for planar membrane antenna structures are investigated. Finally, future trends for large space membrane antenna structures are pointed out and technical problems are proposed, including design and analysis of membrane structures, materials and processes, membrane packing, surface accuracy stability, and test and verification technology. Through a review of large deployable membrane antenna structures, guidance for space membrane-antenna research and applications is provided.

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“…The booms have substantial heritage from DLR's history of gossamer structure research and ongoing sail research [13,14,16,17]. Further detail is included in a separate manuscript, also presented at the 2013 SDM conference [18].…”

Section: B Deployment Systemmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Gossamer-1 will be a 5-by-5 m sail flown with the QB50 CubeSat project in a 300-320 km orbit. The Gossamer-1 baseline design is a square sail that will be extended by four tip-deployed booms of DLR's design [14]. The same family of booms is being used in Deorbitsail and the Gossamer series.…”

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Deorbitsail: a deployable sail for de-orbiting

Stohlman

Lappas

2013

54th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

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Deorbitsail is a collaborative project funded by the European Commission. The Deorbitsail Cubesat mission will demonstrate in-space deployment of a large thin membrane sail and drag deorbiting using this sail. The sail will be deployed from an 11-by-11-by-34-cm Cubesat platform, which will have 3-axis attitude control. A set of four gossamer booms will deploy four triangular membrane segments to form the 5-by-5-meter drag sail. The Deorbitsail design is intended for space debris prevention, although it holds potential for additional applications in aerobraking and solar sail propulsion. A 2014 launch is planned.This paper describes some of the high-level design and the ongoing engineering goals of the project.

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Deployable Composite Booms for Various Gossamer Space Structures

Cited by 33 publications

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Review of Large Spacecraft Deployable Membrane Antenna Structures

Deorbitsail: a deployable sail for de-orbiting

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