The potential role of formal structural optimization was investigated for designing foldable and deployable structures in this work.Shape-sizing nested optimization is a challenging design problem.Shape,represented by...The potential role of formal structural optimization was investigated for designing foldable and deployable structures in this work.Shape-sizing nested optimization is a challenging design problem.Shape,represented by the lengths and relative angles of elements,is critical to achieving smooth deployment to a desired span,while the section profiles of each element must satisfy structural dynamic performances in each deploying state.Dynamic characteristics of deployable structures in the initial state,the final state and also the middle deploying states are all crucial to the structural dynamic performances.The shape was represented by the nodal coordinates and the profiles of cross sections were represented by the diameters and thicknesses.SQP(sequential quadratic programming) method was used to explore the design space and identify the minimum mass solutions that satisfy kinematic and structural dynamic constraints.The optimization model and methodology were tested on the case-study of a deployable pantograph.This strategy can be easily extended to design a wide range of deployable structures,including deployable antenna structures,foldable solar sails,expandable bridges and retractable gymnasium roofs.展开更多
The stowing and deploying experiment was conducted for three 700 mm long thin-walled tubes,and the structural behavior characteristics parameters were measured clearly,including strain,deformation and wrapping moment....The stowing and deploying experiment was conducted for three 700 mm long thin-walled tubes,and the structural behavior characteristics parameters were measured clearly,including strain,deformation and wrapping moment.3D finite element models(FEM)were built subsequently and explicit dynamic method was used to simulate the stowing and deploying of the lenticular carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP)thin-walled tubular space boom,which was designed as four-ply(45°/-45°/45°/-45°)lay-up.The stress and energy during the wrapping process were got and compared with different wrapping angular velocity,the reasonable wrapping angular velocity and effective method were conformed,and structural behavior characteristics were obtained.The results were compared and discussed as well,and the results show that the numerical results by 0.628 rad/s velocity agree well with the measured values.In this paper,the numerical procedure and experimental results are valuable to the optimization design of CFRP thin-walled tubular space boom and future research.展开更多
基金Project(030103) supported by the Weaponry Equipment Pre-Research Key Foundation of ChinaProject(69982009) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘The potential role of formal structural optimization was investigated for designing foldable and deployable structures in this work.Shape-sizing nested optimization is a challenging design problem.Shape,represented by the lengths and relative angles of elements,is critical to achieving smooth deployment to a desired span,while the section profiles of each element must satisfy structural dynamic performances in each deploying state.Dynamic characteristics of deployable structures in the initial state,the final state and also the middle deploying states are all crucial to the structural dynamic performances.The shape was represented by the nodal coordinates and the profiles of cross sections were represented by the diameters and thicknesses.SQP(sequential quadratic programming) method was used to explore the design space and identify the minimum mass solutions that satisfy kinematic and structural dynamic constraints.The optimization model and methodology were tested on the case-study of a deployable pantograph.This strategy can be easily extended to design a wide range of deployable structures,including deployable antenna structures,foldable solar sails,expandable bridges and retractable gymnasium roofs.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.50878128)the Shanghai Aerospace Foundation(No.HTJ10-15)
文摘The stowing and deploying experiment was conducted for three 700 mm long thin-walled tubes,and the structural behavior characteristics parameters were measured clearly,including strain,deformation and wrapping moment.3D finite element models(FEM)were built subsequently and explicit dynamic method was used to simulate the stowing and deploying of the lenticular carbon fiber reinforced polymer(CFRP)thin-walled tubular space boom,which was designed as four-ply(45°/-45°/45°/-45°)lay-up.The stress and energy during the wrapping process were got and compared with different wrapping angular velocity,the reasonable wrapping angular velocity and effective method were conformed,and structural behavior characteristics were obtained.The results were compared and discussed as well,and the results show that the numerical results by 0.628 rad/s velocity agree well with the measured values.In this paper,the numerical procedure and experimental results are valuable to the optimization design of CFRP thin-walled tubular space boom and future research.
