Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in China

Deployable space structure technology is an approach used in building spacecraft, especially when realizing deployment and folding functions. Once in orbit, the structures are released from the fairing, deployed, and positioned. With the development of communication, remote-sensing, and navigation s...

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Main Authors: Xiaofei Ma, Tuanjie Li, Jingya Ma, Zhiyi Wang, Chuang Shi, Shikun Zheng, Qifeng Cui, Xiao Li, Fan Liu, Hongwei Guo, Liwu Liu, Zuowei Wang, Yang Li
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Published: Elsevier 2022-10-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809922003642
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author Xiaofei Ma
Tuanjie Li
Jingya Ma
Zhiyi Wang
Chuang Shi
Shikun Zheng
Qifeng Cui
Xiao Li
Fan Liu
Hongwei Guo
Liwu Liu
Zuowei Wang
Yang Li
author_facet Xiaofei Ma
Tuanjie Li
Jingya Ma
Zhiyi Wang
Chuang Shi
Shikun Zheng
Qifeng Cui
Xiao Li
Fan Liu
Hongwei Guo
Liwu Liu
Zuowei Wang
Yang Li
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description Deployable space structure technology is an approach used in building spacecraft, especially when realizing deployment and folding functions. Once in orbit, the structures are released from the fairing, deployed, and positioned. With the development of communication, remote-sensing, and navigation satellites, space-deployable structures have become cutting-edge research topics in space science and technology. This paper summarizes the current research status and development trend of space-deployable structures in China, including large space mesh antennas, space solar arrays, and deployable structures and mechanisms for deep-space exploration. Critical technologies of space-deployable structures are addressed from the perspectives of deployable mechanisms, cable-membrane form-finding, dynamic analysis, reliable environmental adaptability analysis, and validation. Finally, future technology developments and trends are elucidated in the fields of mesh antennas, solar arrays, deployable mechanisms, and on-orbit adjustment, assembly, and construction.
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spelling doaj.art-cbacc6577a494497a71e4be76bd63c3f2023-01-05T07:07:23ZengElsevierEngineering2095-80992022-10-0117207219Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in ChinaXiaofei Ma0Tuanjie Li1Jingya Ma2Zhiyi Wang3Chuang Shi4Shikun Zheng5Qifeng Cui6Xiao Li7Fan Liu8Hongwei Guo9Liwu Liu10Zuowei Wang11Yang Li12Xi’an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi’an 710100, ChinaSchool of Electromechanical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaBeijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100094, ChinaAerospace System Engineering Shanghai, Shanghai 201109, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaXi’an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi’an 710100, China; Corresponding author.Aerospace System Engineering Shanghai, Shanghai 201109, ChinaBeijing Institute of Spacecraft System Engineering, Beijing 100094, ChinaXi’an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi’an 710100, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Robotics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaDepartment of Astronautical Science and Mechanics, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, ChinaSchool of Electromechanical Engineering, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, ChinaXi’an Institute of Space Radio Technology, Xi’an 710100, ChinaDeployable space structure technology is an approach used in building spacecraft, especially when realizing deployment and folding functions. Once in orbit, the structures are released from the fairing, deployed, and positioned. With the development of communication, remote-sensing, and navigation satellites, space-deployable structures have become cutting-edge research topics in space science and technology. This paper summarizes the current research status and development trend of space-deployable structures in China, including large space mesh antennas, space solar arrays, and deployable structures and mechanisms for deep-space exploration. Critical technologies of space-deployable structures are addressed from the perspectives of deployable mechanisms, cable-membrane form-finding, dynamic analysis, reliable environmental adaptability analysis, and validation. Finally, future technology developments and trends are elucidated in the fields of mesh antennas, solar arrays, deployable mechanisms, and on-orbit adjustment, assembly, and construction.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095809922003642Deployable space structuresMesh antennasSolar arraysDeep-space exploration
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Hongwei Guo
Liwu Liu
Zuowei Wang
Yang Li
Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in China
Engineering
Deployable space structures
Mesh antennas
Solar arrays
Deep-space exploration
title Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in China
title_full Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in China
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title_short Recent Advances in Space-Deployable Structures in China
title_sort recent advances in space deployable structures in china
topic Deployable space structures
Mesh antennas
Solar arrays
Deep-space exploration
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