TY - GEN
T1 - The deployable precision flexible shell-membrane reflector smart
AU - Baier, Horst
AU - Datashvili, Leri
AU - Nathrath, Norbert
PY - 2006/10
Y1 - 2006/10
N2 - Large deployable reflectors usually are composed of (metallic) meshes as reflecting surfaces being tensioned via a stiffening structure. In order to overcome the inherent deviation of their shape from the ideal one, a new type of reflecting surface is investigated together with a stiffening structure composed by tensioned membranes. It is made of carbon fibre reinforced silicone generating a double curved non-tensioned shell-membrane. Relevant RF and thermo-mechanical characteristics are presented. The overall reflector concept is also discussed together with first results obtained from scaled laboratory models.
AB - Large deployable reflectors usually are composed of (metallic) meshes as reflecting surfaces being tensioned via a stiffening structure. In order to overcome the inherent deviation of their shape from the ideal one, a new type of reflecting surface is investigated together with a stiffening structure composed by tensioned membranes. It is made of carbon fibre reinforced silicone generating a double curved non-tensioned shell-membrane. Relevant RF and thermo-mechanical characteristics are presented. The overall reflector concept is also discussed together with first results obtained from scaled laboratory models.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33847339011
SN - 9290929375
SN - 9789290929376
T3 - European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
BT - Proceedings of The European Conference on Antennas and Propagation
T2 - European Conference on Antennas and Propagation: EuCAP 2006
Y2 - 6 November 2006 through 10 November 2006
ER -