太阳帆材料研究进展

Recent Progress on Solar Sail Materials

太阳帆飞船由于无需动力等优势近年来引起了各国科学家的研究兴趣,并在深空探测领域具有重要的应用前景。太阳帆的结构设计和材料选择是影响其性能的重要因素,本文结合太阳帆飞行环境的特点,介绍了太阳帆的基本结构和飞行原理,重点针对目前几种比较典型的太阳帆设计,对其支撑材料以及帆面薄膜材料进行了综述,并分析了各种材料和设计的性能特点。

Non-powered solar sails are arousing more and more research interest all over the world in recent years, which have significant potential applications in deep-space exploration due to their unique advantages. The structures and materials are critical factors for solar sails. According to the flight environment of solar sails, this paper introduced their basic structures and mechanisms, and reviewed the deployable boom materials and sail membrane materials for some typical solar sail designs. The features of different materials and designs were also discussed.