空间充气膨胀展开结构的可控刚化技术

RIGIDIZATION ON COMMAND OF SPACE INFLATABLE STRUCTURES

刚化技术是空间充气膨胀展开结构的一项关键技术。Adherent Technologies有限公司的技术人员首次提出了"可控刚化"(Rigidization On Command-ROC)技术概念,利用此技术ILC Dover公司制造了空间充气膨胀展开结构的示范支撑管件。和传统的刚化技术相比可控刚化技术有许多优点,此技术可控、清洁,适用于空间的特殊环境。作者对空间充气膨胀展开结构刚化技术、可控刚化技术、可控刚化技术所用材料和紫外光(UV)固化复合材料进行了简单介绍。可控刚化技术可靠性高,固化后复合材料的机械性能好,为空间充气可膨胀展开结构提供一种急需的刚化技术,能满足充气膨胀展开结构多项任务的需要。

The rigidization technology is a key technology of space inflatable structures.The concept of Rigidization-On- Command （ROC） is proposed by the researchers of Adherent Technologies, Inc. for the first time and a cured demonstration tube is made at ILC Dover. This technology has many advantages compared to the approaches to rigidization in the past. It provided a controlled, clean rigidization technology to harden inflatable structure.The curing technologies of space inflatable structures, Rigidization-On-Command technology , the materials of ROC and the UV cured composite materials are introduced briefly in this paper. The ROC technology can provide a badly needed technology for the space inflatable structures. It can offer high reliability,good dynamic charateristics and can provide a much needed technology for the inflatable community.