Shape Memory Activated Self-Deployable Solar Sails: Small-Scale Prototypes Manufacturing and Planarity Analysis by 3D Laser Scanner
Solar sails are propellantless systems where the propulsive force is given by the momentum exchange of reflecting photons. Thanks to the use of shape memory alloys for the self-actuation of the system, complexity of the structure itself has decreased and so has the weight of the whole structure. Fou...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2019-05-01
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| Series: | Actuators |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0825/8/2/38 |