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Mechanical-thermal matching design for the rope-wire mesh composite structure

LI Tuanjie1;YANG Li1;LI Yang2;MA Xiaofei2   

  1. (1. School of Mechano-electronic Engineering, Xidian Univ., Xi'an 710071, China;
    2. China Academy of Space Technology(Xi'an), Xi'an 710000, China)
  • Received:2017-04-13 Online:2018-04-20 Published:2018-06-06

Abstract:

The reflector of the mesh deployable antenna is made of a flexible rope sewn with a wire mesh. Due to the mechanical-thermal differences between two materials, the deformation of the wire mesh is uncoordinated with fiber ropes, which affects the pre-stress distribution and surface accuracy and degrades the electric performance of the reflector. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the mechanical-thermal matching design for the rope-wire mesh composite structure. In this paper, the rope is modeled as a two-point bar which only bears tension, and the wire mesh is modeled as a membrane. Then the mechanical model of the rope-wire mesh composite structure is established to analyze the influence of thermal deformation, and optimizes the design of cross-section parameter of ropes. Finally, the circular truss mesh deployable antenna is used as a numerical example to demonstrate the feasibility of the mechanical-thermal matching design method. Simulation results indicate the thermostability of the reflector is improved under a variable temperature, and the surface accuracy of the reflector increases by 92%, using the proposed mechanical-thermal matching design method for rope-wire mesh composite structures.

Key words: mesh deployable antenna, rope, wire mesh, composite structure, mechanical-thermal matching