Analysis of Membrane Dynamics using Multi-Particle Model for Solar Sail Demonstrator "IKAROS"

Yoji Shirasawa, Osamu Mori, Yasuyuki Miyazaki, Hiraku Sakamoto, Mitsue Hasome, Nobukatsu Okuizumi, Hirotaka Sawada, Hiroshi Furuya, Saburo Matsunaga, Michihiro Natori, Junichiro Kawaguchi
2011 52nd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference   unpublished
2 Japan Exploration Agency (JAXA) launched a powered solar sail "Interplanetary Kitecraft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun (IKAROS)" on May 21, 2010. One of the primal technologies demonstrated at IKAROS is the deployment of the sail whose diameter is 20m class. After the launch, IKAROS performed the deployment sequence and have confirmed that the membrane was successfully expanded. In this paper, the flight data and observed dynamic motion via deployment are reported. These are compared
more » ... the results of numerical simulations using multi-particle model, and the accuracy and availability of this model is discussed. Nomenclature (x,y,z) = coordinate frame fixed to main body F = inter-particle force β = coefficient of dumping α = coefficient of compression stiffness K = spring constant of membrane L = distance between two particles L 0 = natural length of spring M = main body's mass (Ixx, Iyy, Izz) = moments of inertia of main body (Ixy, Iyz, Izx) = products of inertia of main body (x g , y g , z g ) = center of mass of main body E = Young's modulus of membrane ν = Poisson's ratio of membrane ρ = density of membrane h = thickness of membrane E t = Young's modulus of tether d = cross section diameter of tether t = time ( z y x ω ω ω , , ) = angular velocity vector of (x,y,z) frame with respect to reference frame F d = damping force of vibration of membrane θ = vibration angle of membrane κ = damping coefficient of vibration of membrane r 0 = position vector of the root r 1 = position vector of the first node
doi:10.2514/6.2011-1890 fatcat:65d7sowt4vcvxjwkmjavdej53q