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Design and fabrication of a mesh reinfored membrane inflatable deployable reflector and its shape stability

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Abstract

Maintaining shape accuracy of reflector is the key point of deployable antennas. Inspired by MRM, a mesh reinfored membrane inflatable deployable reflector was proposed. A MRM inflatable deployable reflector (focal length to diameter ratio F/D=0.8, Diameter=3.0m) was designed and fabricated. The shape accuracy testing of membrane reflector was conducted by the Video-Simultaneous Triangulation and Resection System. RMS value of the geometric configuration between the fabricated membrane reflector and designed membrane reflector was used to evaluate the shape accuracy. The results revealed that the MRM reflector performed higher shape accuracy than the pure membrane reflector. Also, the characteristics of the pressure expansion and the deformability against the external load were studied via the experiments and numerical simulations. The experimental results showed that the reinforced mesh greatly improved the shape stability of the inflatable membrane structure. The simulation results showed good agreement with experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
EditorsCarlos Lazaro, Kai-Uwe Bletzinger, Eugenio Onate
PublisherInternational Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering
Pages2265-2271
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9788412110104
StatePublished - 2019
EventIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 7 Oct 201910 Oct 2019

Publication series

NameIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE

Conference

ConferenceIASS Symposium 2019 - 60th Anniversary Symposium of the International Association for Shell and Spatial Structures; Structural Membranes 2019 - 9th International Conference on Textile Composites and Inflatable Structures, FORM and FORCE
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period7/10/1910/10/19

Keywords

  • Deployable reflector
  • Design
  • Fabrication
  • Mesh reinforced membrane
  • Shape stability

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