The present disclosure provides, among other things, a deployable solar array (14, 16) comprising: an array of photovoltaic devices (24); and a flexible, elongated, rectangular sheet (26) for supporting the array of photovoltaic devices composed of a composite laminate having a predetermined pattern of graphite fiber plies which impart a predefined tension in the planar surface of the sheet so that it curls into a planar sheet with a uniform radius of curvature along its major axis.


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    Title :

    METHOD FOR RELEASING A DEPLOYABLE BOOM


    Additional title:

    VERFAHREN ZUR FREISETZUNG EINES AUSKLAPPBAREN AUSLEGERS
    PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT DE LIBÉRER UNE FLÈCHE DÉPLOYABLE


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2019-09-11


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / H01L Halbleiterbauelemente , SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES / H02S GENERATION OF ELECTRIC POWER BY CONVERSION OF INFRA-RED RADIATION, VISIBLE LIGHT OR ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT, E.G. USING PHOTOVOLTAIC [PV] MODULES , Erzeugung elektrischer Energie durch Umwandlung von Infrarot-Strahlung, sichtbarem Licht oder ultraviolettem Licht, z.B. unter Verwendung von Photovoltaik [PV]-Modulen



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