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Deployment Dynamics of a Large-Scale Flexible Solar Array System on the Ground

  • Shao-Jing Guo
  • Hai-Quan Li
  • Guo-Ping CaiEmail author
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Abstract

In this paper, deployment dynamics of a large-scale flexible solar array system on the ground is investigated. Firstly, the structure of the ground solar array system adopted in this paper is introduced. Then kinematic description of a single flexible body and kinematic constraint equations of two flexible bodies are both deduced. Next dynamic equation of the ground solar array system is established by the Jourdain velocity variation principle. Finally, the validity of the dynamic model is verified through comparison with the ADAMS software. Simulation results indicate that the proposed dynamic model is effective to describe the deployment dynamics of the flexible solar array system on the ground.

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Solar array system Dynamic model Deployment dynamics 
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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 11772187, 11802174], the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [grant number 2018M632104], and Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science [grant number CASIR201702].

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Engineering Mechanics, State Key Laboratory of Ocean EngineeringShanghai Jiaotong UniversityShanghaiChina

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