Astronomy & Space Sciences
Title : | Design and development of a lenticular shaped deployable composition boom |
Area of research : | Astronomy & Space Sciences |
Focus area : | Spacecraft |
Principal Investigator : | Dr. Hariharan Sankarasubramanian, Associate Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering, SASTRA Deemed to be University, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu |
Timeline Start Year : | 2022 |
Contact info : | hariharans@mech.sastra.edu |
Details
Executive Summary : | Deployable space structures are incredibly significant in space applictations. The project aimed at investigating a lenticular shaped composite deployable structure numerically and experimentally. The stored strain energy due to large deformation results in an uncontrolled deployment and the same will be studied using FEM and experiments. The numerical work will be carried out employing LS-DYNA software (explicit dynamics). The expected results from LS-DYNA on folding analysis and deployment dynamics including estimations of strain energy at various intervals of deployment times of the lenticular deployable composite boom will be presented. The thin lenticular boom prototypes are planned to be manufactured using carbon fiber and epoxy through vacuum assisted technique to have minimum thickness and uniformity. |
Co-PI: | Mr. Sidharth Tiwary, U R Rao Satellite Centre (URSC), ISRO, Bengaluru, Karnataka |
Total Budget (INR): | 21,41,000 |
Achievements : | The project being undertaken by ISRO in collaboration with academia is directly or indirectly beneficial to the society. |
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