The present disclosure provides, among other things, a deployable solar array comprising: an array of photovoltaic devices; and a flexible, elongated, rectangular sheet 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


    Contributors:

    Publication date :

    2016-05-19


    Type of media :

    Patent


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English


    Classification :

    IPC:    B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS / B65H HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL, e.g. SHEETS, WEBS, CABLES , Handhaben von dünnem oder fadenförmigem Gut, z.B. Folien, Bahnen, Kabeln



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