With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space missions,the traditional spacecraft manufacturing,deployment and launch methods have been unable to meet existing needs.In-space assem...With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space missions,the traditional spacecraft manufacturing,deployment and launch methods have been unable to meet existing needs.In-space assembly(ISA)technologies can effectively adapt to the assembly of large space structures,improve spacecraft performance,and reduce operating costs.In this paper,the development and technologies for ISA are reviewed.ISA is classified from multiple angles,and the research status of ISA is shown clearly through the visual mapping knowledge domain.Then the development status of autonomous robot assembly in the United States,Europe,Japan,Canada and China is reviewed.Furthermore,the key technologies of ISA are analyzed from three aspects:assembly structure design,robot technologies and integrated management technologies.ISA technologies are still facing major challenges and need to be further explored to promote future development.Finally,future development trends and potential applications of ISA are given,which show that ISA will play a vital role in human space exploration in the future.展开更多
In-space manufacturing is an emerging and promising research field in space industry,which benefits the development of space explorations.Owing to the microgravity,high vacuum and complexity of the space environment,a...In-space manufacturing is an emerging and promising research field in space industry,which benefits the development of space explorations.Owing to the microgravity,high vacuum and complexity of the space environment,a special manufacturing strategy for alloys is highly demanded for the in-space manufacturing.Herein,a lowtemperature thermoplastic metallic welding method was proposed and employed for La-based metallic glass ribbons.With the sandwiched structures of La-and Zr-based ribbons,the welded samples exhibit a competitive fracture strength and an increased tensile strain than those of the welded la-based samples due to the second phase strengthening.This suggests that metallic glass is an ideal material candidate for in-space manufacturing,and can be well manufactured at a nonmelting state with good mechanical performances.In addition,the thermoplastic manufacturing method can also feature a moderate processing time window.In general,this work presents the promising potential of low-temperature thermoplastic welding strategy for in-space manufacturing of metallic materials.展开更多
基金supported in part by National Key R&D Program of China(No.2018YFB1304600)the Natural Science Foundation of China(No.51775541)CAS Interdisciplinary Innovation Team(No.JCTD-2018-11)。
文摘With the rapid development of space technology and the increasing demand for space missions,the traditional spacecraft manufacturing,deployment and launch methods have been unable to meet existing needs.In-space assembly(ISA)technologies can effectively adapt to the assembly of large space structures,improve spacecraft performance,and reduce operating costs.In this paper,the development and technologies for ISA are reviewed.ISA is classified from multiple angles,and the research status of ISA is shown clearly through the visual mapping knowledge domain.Then the development status of autonomous robot assembly in the United States,Europe,Japan,Canada and China is reviewed.Furthermore,the key technologies of ISA are analyzed from three aspects:assembly structure design,robot technologies and integrated management technologies.ISA technologies are still facing major challenges and need to be further explored to promote future development.Finally,future development trends and potential applications of ISA are given,which show that ISA will play a vital role in human space exploration in the future.
基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(51901244)Qian Xuesen Laboratory of Space Technology。
文摘In-space manufacturing is an emerging and promising research field in space industry,which benefits the development of space explorations.Owing to the microgravity,high vacuum and complexity of the space environment,a special manufacturing strategy for alloys is highly demanded for the in-space manufacturing.Herein,a lowtemperature thermoplastic metallic welding method was proposed and employed for La-based metallic glass ribbons.With the sandwiched structures of La-and Zr-based ribbons,the welded samples exhibit a competitive fracture strength and an increased tensile strain than those of the welded la-based samples due to the second phase strengthening.This suggests that metallic glass is an ideal material candidate for in-space manufacturing,and can be well manufactured at a nonmelting state with good mechanical performances.In addition,the thermoplastic manufacturing method can also feature a moderate processing time window.In general,this work presents the promising potential of low-temperature thermoplastic welding strategy for in-space manufacturing of metallic materials.
