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Shape memory composite structures for self-deployable solar sails

Loredana Santo( ), Denise Bellisario, Leamdro Iorio, Fabrizio Quadrini
Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome 00133, Italy
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Shape memory composites (SMCs) combine mechanical performances of composite materials with functional behavior of shape memory polymers. They can be used to produce the external frame of self-deployable solar sails with very low weight in comparison with traditional composite booms. Furthermore, heat activation is necessary for deploying instead of complex mechanical devices. In this study, the mechanical behavior of a solar sail with SMC frame is simulated by means of finite element modeling. Design considerations are made on sail deployment configuration, size/weight ratio of solar sails, and SMC properties. An experimental activity has been also performed to provide suitable candidates for the composite laminates of the SMC structure. Mechanical and instrumented recovery tests have been carried out on 2-plies carbon-fiber laminates with a shape memory interlayer.

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solar sailshape memory compositefinite element modelingcarbon-fiber compositeself-deployable structure

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Astrodynamics
Volume 3 Issue 3,
September 2019
Pages 247-255
DOI: 10.1007/s42064-018-0044-7
Cite this article:
Santo L, Bellisario D, Iorio L, et al. Shape memory composite structures for self-deployable solar sails. Astrodynamics, 2019, 3(3): 247-255. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42064-018-0044-7

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Received: 31 October 2018
Accepted: 25 January 2019
Published: 31 July 2019
© Tsinghua University Press 2019
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