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Conceptual design and analysis of a deployable structure with flexible joints

Jerome Quirant
Franck Cevaer
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Sebastien Morterolle
Bernard Maurin
Jean-François Dubé

Abstract

The conceptual design of a self-deployable structure with flexible joints is presented in this paper. Joints store elastic energy in the folded, prestressed position and allow deployment until they are stopped by tendons. A study on a wire rope joint is first presented to determine its mechanical behavior with experimental, theoretical, and numerical approaches. An analysis is then performed on a bidimensional structure to propose the specific modeling of introducing prestress to the joints. The method is applied to a spatial system in an analysis that uses static equilibrium and kinematic deployment simulations. The results show good concordance among the different approaches.
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hal-00528748 , version 1 (22-10-2010)

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Jerome Quirant, Franck Cevaer, Sebastien Morterolle, Bernard Maurin, Jean-François Dubé. Conceptual design and analysis of a deployable structure with flexible joints. Journal of Aerospace Engineering, 2011, 24 (03), pp.277-284. ⟨10.1061/(ASCE)AS.1943-5525.0000075⟩. ⟨hal-00528748⟩
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