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Experiment and multiobjective optimization design of tape-spring hinges

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Flexible tape-spring hinges can be folded elastically and are able to self-deploy by releasing stored strain energy with fewer component parts and slight weights. This study presents a detailed investigation of the folding and deployment of single-layer tape-spring (SLTS) hinges and double-layer tape-spring (DLTS) hinges under pure bend loading. The material properties of tape-spring hinges are measured using an INSTRON machine. A DLTS hinge construction is created, and its moment-rotation relationship during quasi-static deployment is measured. An experiment is conducted to verify the validation of the numerical models for the DLTS hinges. The quasi-static deployment behavior of SLTS hinges and DLTS hinges is then analyzed using nonlinear finite element ABAQUS/Explicit solver, starting from the complete folded configuration. The DLTS hinge has good quasi-static deployment performances with regard to maximum stress (S m ), steady moment (M *) and the peak moment (M d ) during the DLTS hinge quasi-static deployment. In addition, the sampling designs of the DLTS hinges are created based on a three-level full factorial design of experiments (DOE) method. The surrogate models of S m , M * and M d of the DLTS hinges are derived using response surface method (RSM) to reduce the computational cost of quasi-static folding and deployment of numerical simulations. The Multiobjective optimization design (MOD) of the DLTS hinge is performed using modified non-dominated sorting genetic algorithm (NSGA-II) algorithm to achieve the optimal design. The finite element models for the optimal design based on numerical method are established to validate the optimization results.

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Acknowledgments

This project is supported by the College Discipline Innovation Wisdom Plan in China (Grant No. B07018), the Self-Planned Task (No.SKLRS201401A02) of State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System (HIT), and the Fundemental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No.HIT.NSRIF.2015050). This support is gratefully acknowledged by the authors.

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    Hui Yang, Rongqiang Liu, Yan Wang, Zongquan Deng & Hongwei Guo

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Yang, H., Liu, R., Wang, Y. et al. Experiment and multiobjective optimization design of tape-spring hinges. Struct Multidisc Optim 51, 1373–1384 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00158-014-1205-9

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