Solid Mechanics and Vehicle Conceptual Design

Thermally-induced vibration of a solar sail in earth orbit

  • ZHANG Junhui ,
  • TONG An ,
  • WU Na ,
  • LIU Yinghua
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  • 1. School of Civil Engineering, North China University of Technology, Beijing 100144, China;
    2. School of Aerospace Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Received date: 2019-05-07

  Revised date: 2019-05-24

  Online published: 2019-06-24

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China (11572001)

Abstract

When solar sails are orbiting earth, the day-night transits will cause sudden change of thermal environment of solar sails. Thermally-induced structural response of solar sails due to this thermal shock is worth studying. Considering the nonlinear effect of heat radiation, thermal-structural coupling dynamic equations of a five-point suspension square solar sail are established and then the thermal-structural analyses are conducted.The characteristics and affected factors of thermally-induced vibration of the solar sail are analyzed. Numerical results show that the noticeable thermally-induced vibration happened to the five-point suspension square solar sail. The perturbation temperatures of boom cross-section and the thermally-induced vibration of the sail decreased, but the frequencies remain constant when the incident angle of heat flux increased. The increasing thickness of the boom cross-section will be beneficial to suppressing the thermally-induced vibration of the sail. The prestress of membranes of the sail could affect the thermally-induced vibration. As the axial load of the boom increases, the vibration amplified increases and the frequency decreases. The thermally-induced vibration may become unstable when the axial load of the boom increases to some extent.

Cite this article

ZHANG Junhui , TONG An , WU Na , LIU Yinghua . Thermally-induced vibration of a solar sail in earth orbit[J]. ACTA AERONAUTICAET ASTRONAUTICA SINICA, 2019 , 40(11) : 223135 -223135 . DOI: 10.7527/S1000-6893.2019.23135

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