Study of mechanical architectures of large deployable space antenna apertures: From design to tests

L. Datashvili; S. Endler; B. Wei; H. Baier; H. Langer; M. Friemel; N. Tsignadze; J. Santiago-Prowald

doi:10.1007/s12567-013-0050-9

Study of mechanical architectures of large deployable space antenna apertures: From design to tests

L. Datashvili, S. Endler, B. Wei, H. Baier, H. Langer, M. Friemel, N. Tsignadze, J. Santiago-Prowald

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The technical assessment of large deployable reflector structures covering a diameter range from 4 to 50 m and RF frequencies up to Ka-Band is presented from the conceptual designs to the tests. Parametric FEM analysis tools of the concepts have been developed to study their static, modal and buckling behaviors. According to the selected conceptual design and acquired analysis results two complete breadboards with diameters of 1.6 m and 4 m based on a peripheral ring structure have been designed, manufactured and tested. Test results of both breadboards fulfilling the requirements on deployment repeatability and accuracy as well as scalability demonstrate the successful selection of a deployable ring design and large deployable antenna concept in whole.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	169-184
Number of pages	16
Journal	CEAS Space Journal
Volume	5
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s12567-013-0050-9
State	Published - Dec 2013

Keywords

Cable network design
Form finding
Large deployable antenna
Large deployable reflector
Modularity
Peripheral ring
Scalability

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