Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
8058815 Aerospace Science and Technology 2015 13 Pages PDF
Abstract
The present study proposes a systematic approach for designing tape spring hinges for any number of solar panels; the designed hinges satisfy all design requirements. The approach involves minimizing the cost function including several design requirements and solving the deployment equation containing the response surfaces of the moment-rotation profiles simultaneously. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach, several examples are demonstrated.
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