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Design and Simulation of a Flexible Bending Actuator for Solar Sail Attitude Control

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العنوان: Design and Simulation of a Flexible Bending Actuator for Solar Sail Attitude Control
المؤلفون: Liu, Meilin, Wang, Zihao, Ikeuchi, Daiki, Fu, Junyu, Wu, Xiaofeng
بيانات النشر: MDPI AG
Department of Engineering Student
Aerospace
سنة النشر: 2021
المجموعة: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
مصطلحات موضوعية: aerospace, solar sail, attitude control
الوصف: This paper presents the design of a flexible bending actuator using shape memory alloy (SMA) and its integration in attitude control for solar sailing. The SMA actuator has advantages in its power-to-weight ratio and light weight. The bending mechanism and models of the actuator were designed and developed. A neural network based adaptive controller was implemented to control the non-linear nature of the SMA actuator. The actuator control modules were integrated into the solar sail attitude model with a quaternion PD controller that formed a cascade control. The feasibility and performance of the proposed actuator for attitude control were investigated and evaluated, showing that the actuator could generate 1.5 × 10−3 Nm torque which maneuvered a 1600 m2 CubeSat based solar sail by 45° in 14 h. The results demonstrate that the proposed SMA bending actuator can be effectively integrated in attitude control for solar sailing under moderate external disturbances using an appropriate controller design, indicating the potential of a lighter solar sail for future missions.
نوع الوثيقة: article in journal/newspaper
وصف الملف: application/pdf
اللغة: English
العلاقة: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331277Test
DOI: 10.17863/CAM.78724
الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.78724Test
https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331277Test
حقوق: Attribution 4.0 International ; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0Test/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.F68473D6
قاعدة البيانات: BASE