Optimal design of tube flexure cut-out geometries for viscoelastic resilience and deployment performance
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Author(s)
Kunakorn-ong, Pathawee
Santer, Matthew
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
This paper presents a methodology for the design of deployable tube flexures made of ultra-thin carbon fiber composite. The proposed process aims to enhance viscoelastic resilience on recovery time after long-term stowage through the design of cut-out geometries. Viscoelasticity is modeled using an experimentally determined Prony series master curve. Bayesian optimization is employed to determine cut-out shapes based on the recovery time and Hashin failure criteria. Partial dependent plots are implemented to interpret the effect of cut-out formation on deployment performance. These reveal optimal profiles of cut-out shapes to achieve a desired operational performance. The efficiency of the proposed methodology is validated by experiment.
Date Issued
2024-03
Date Acceptance
2024-01-08
Citation
Acta Astronautica, 2024, 216, pp.282-294
ISSN
0094-5765
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
282
End Page
294
Journal / Book Title
Acta Astronautica
Volume
216
Copyright Statement
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IAA. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Identifier
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.01.012
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2024-01-12