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ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA ›› 2017, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (11): 421285-421285.doi: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2017.421285

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Deployable unit 3R-3URU and its application in deployable truss antenna

LIU Wenlan1, XU Yundou1,2, YAO Jiantao1,2, CHEN Liangliang1, WANG Hui3, ZHAO Yongsheng1,2   

  1. 1. Parallel Robot and Mechatronic System Laboratory of Hebei Province, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Advanced Forging & Stamping Technology and Science of Ministry of Education, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao 066004, China;
    3. China Academy of Space Technology(Xi'an), Xi'an 710100, China
  • Received:2017-03-27 Revised:2017-06-02 Online:2017-11-15 Published:2017-06-02
  • Supported by:

    National Natural Science Foundation of China (51675458); Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (E2017203335); Youth Top Talent Project of Hebei Province Higher Education (BJ2017060)

Abstract:

A spatial deployable unit 3R-3URU with one Degree of Freedom (DoF) is proposed. The DoF of the single closed-loop mechanism RURUR is analyzed, based on the screw theory and the modified G-K formula. The analytical expression for the velocities of active joints and passive joints of the mechanism RURUR are then established. According to the velocity expression and the structural characteristic that three RURUR mechanisms share their first and last revolute joints, the DoF of the 3R-3URU mechanism is derived. The geometrical relationship among the positions and directions of all joints is also obtained when the 3R-3URU mechanism has one DoF. Novel deployable mechanisms are obtained by applying the 3R-3URU mechanism to the 3RR-3RRR tetrahedral unit and a deployable truss antenna composed of the tetrahedral units, and the novel mechanisms have two types of DoFs:movement and orientation adjustment. DoF analysis and application of the 3R-3URU deployable unit are verified by the Adams software. The proposed deployable unit 3R-3URU has the advantages of one DoF, simple structure, and single type of joints, and can be applied to the supporting mechanism of deployable truss antennas with a curved surface to achieve a large folding ratio.

Key words: deployable unit, Degree of Freedom (DoF), screw theory, folding ratio, deployable antenna

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