Research and Classification of Inflatable Space Vehicle and Its Materials
Inflatable space vehicle (ISV) has a variety of advantages of light mass, volume changeability and low cost, and becomes the hotspot in space vehicle research recently. But most researchers concentrate their efforts on applications of ISV in their dedicated domains, and the holistic viewpoint of ISV is indistinct. In this paper, the new developing space vehicle, ISV is classified into flatness, lenticula, sphere and cabin in brief due to its different structures and applications. Each type owns its special materials for folding, inflation-deployment, rigidization and resistibility in the space rigorous environment. Materials utilized in typical ISV are summarized subsequently, which can be sorted by polymer films, flexible rigidizable composites and multiple-layer laminates. Finally, the properties of ISV materials including environment endurance, mechanics, fabrication technologies and special functions are concluded, which is useful in material design and optimization.
Inflatable space vehicle rigidization material property
Dongxu Liu Longbin Liu Junhui Meng
School of Aeronautic Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
国际会议
11th IUMRS International Conference in Asia(第十一届国际材联亚洲材料大会 IUMRS-ICA 2010)
青岛
英文
792-796
2010-09-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）