Design and Analysis of Flexible Hinge Used for Unfolding Spacecraft Solar Panels

Two stiffness models for a flexible hinge with large rotation angle are established based on the pseudo-rigid body method and the series or parallel relationship of flexible units. Finite element simulation of the flexible hinge is conducted in ANSYS to verify the two stiffness models of the flexibl...

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Main Authors: Jing Zhang, Kai Yan, Ziming Kou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Aeronáutica e Espaço (IAE) 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Aerospace Technology and Management
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S2175-91462019000100329&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en