2D-Extension of Deployable Linked Panel Unit. Issue 4 (December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Takatsuka, Masao
• Is Part Of: International journal of space structures. Volume 29:Issue 4(2014)
• Page Start: 171
• Page End: 179
• Publication Date: 2014-12
• Subjects: deployable structures -- space structures -- solar power satellite -- solar cell panels -- link mechanism -- rigid body motion; Space frame structures -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture) -- Periodicals; Space (Architecture); Space frame structures; Periodicals; 624.177
• DOI: 10.1260/0266-3511.29.4.171
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0956-0599

Abstract

The objective of the present paper is to propose a two-dimensional extension method for our previously proposed deployable 'linked panel unit' for construction of huge flat space-structures such as a solar power satellite. In our previous study, we proposed a one-directional extension method of the 'linked panel unit'. However, its two-dimensional deployment was assumed to be feasible with an additional mast. To address that issue, the present paper proposes a new 2D-extension method of the 'linked pane unit' without using an additional mast, and suggests it for realization of a solar power satellite as a huge flat construction in space.