Experimental research on tape spring supported space inflatable structures

Cook, Andrew; Walker, Scott J.I.

doi:10.1016/j.actaastro.2015.10.016

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“…However, several other researchers made relevant contributions. Researches with similar approaches include: Seffen and Pellegrino (1999) [213] for the full deployment simulation and initial design of a single tape-spring, Boesch et al (2007), Givois et al (2001) and Jeong et al (2016) [26,89,110] for structures with multiple tape-springs, Mao et al (2017) [158] for integral slotted hinges, and Cook and Walker (2016) [49] for the use of tape-springs in the deployment of an inflatable structure.…”

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Design and optimization of self-deployable damage tolerant composite structures: A review

Fernandes

Pinto

Correia

2021

Composites Part B: Engineering

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Design and optimization of self-deployable damage tolerant composite structures: A review

Fernandes

Pinto

Correia

2021

Composites Part B: Engineering

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“…For the parabolic flight campaign, both the specimens and the UV curing device were designed and manufactured in-house, using the Applied Mechanics Laboratory facilities. The dimensioning of the specimens was decided after careful consideration of the manufacturing constraints within Novespace's Zero-G aircraft laboratory, the acquisition of materials and similar research performed in literature [14][15][16][17].…”

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“…Finally, the samples were folded using the zigzag folding method [14] and packed for transportation. During resin infusion packing and transportation, the specimens were kept in light-tight storage, to ensure that no polymerization occurred before curing the resin system during the parabolic flight.…”

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Behavior of photopolymer fiber structures in microgravity

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Tackling the need of more research on the field of space deployable structures, this study aims to explore the concept of space manufacturing. The target is to acquire insight that shall be useful for future deep space missions, where the in situ production of components and repair procedures shall be mission critical. In particular, the objective of this study was to deploy and cure, pneumatically actuated fiber reinforced UV polymer beam structures in micro-gravity. Then, the specimens were tested in the laboratory to identify the effects of micro-gravity on the microstructure, macrostructure, thermal and mechanical behavior of the composite material, by comparing the 0-g specimens with a 1-g control group. This research was performed by participation in the ESA-European Space Agency Fly Your Thesis! 2017 programme and the 68th ESA Parabolic Flight Campaign, through which, access to the Novespace's Zero-G aircraft laboratory was allowed.

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“…Experimental tests, usually combined with finite element models used for the initial design or the correlation of the full deployment simulation, can be found in [23,36] for single tape springs, in [17,18,37] for hinges composed of multiple tape springs, in [11,32] for the deployment of integral slotted hinges and in [13] where tape springs are used as structural stiffeners for inflatable structures. The experimental data on the bending moment are collected in these works by the means of strain gauges without any correlated information on the configuration [36], or of load cells while the rotation angle is controlled and the motion kept planar [17,37,38].…”

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