Results from recent NASA sponsored research on the structural dynamics, stability, and control characteristics of heliogyro solar sails are summarized. Specific areas under investigation include coupled nonlinear finite element analysis of heliogyro membrane blade with solar radiation pressure effects, system identification of spinning membrane structures, and solarelastic stability analysis of heliogyro solar sails, including stability during blade deployment. Recent results from terrestrial 1-g blade dynamics and control experiments on "rope ladder" membrane blade analogs, and small-scale in vacuo system identification experiments with hanging and spinning high-aspect ratio membranes will also be presented. A low-cost, rideshare payload heliogyro technology demonstration mission concept is used as a mission context for these heliogyro structural dynamics and solarelasticity investigations, and is also described. Blade torsional dynamic response and control are also shown to be significantly improved through the use of edge stiffening structural features or inclusion of modest tip masses to increase centrifugal stiffening of the blade structure. An output-only system identification procedure suitable for on-orbit blade dynamics investigations is also developed and validated using ground tests of spinning sub-scale heliogyro blade models. Overall, analytical and experimental investigations to date indicate no intractable stability or control issues for the heliogyro solar sail concept.


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    Titel :

    Recent Advances in Heliogyro Solar Sail Structural Dynamics, Stability, and Control Research


    Beteiligte:
    Wilkie, W. Keats (Autor:in) / Warren, Jerry E. (Autor:in) / Horta, Lucas G. (Autor:in) / Lyle, Karen H. (Autor:in) / Juang, Jer-Nan (Autor:in) / Gibbs, S. Chad (Autor:in) / Dowell, Earl H. (Autor:in) / Guerrant, Daniel V. (Autor:in) / Lawrence, Dale (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    AIAA 2015 Science and Technology Forum and Exposition ; 2015 ; Kissimmee, FL, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2015-01-05


    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


    Schlagwörter :


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