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Influence of Layup and Curing on the Surface Accuracy in the Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composite Space Mirrors

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Carbon fiber reinforced polymer, CFRP, composite materials have been used to fabricate space mirror. Usually the composite space mirror can completely replicate the high-precision surface of mould by replication process, but the actual surface accuracy of replicated space mirror is always reduced, still needed further study. We emphatically studied the error caused by layup and curing on the surface accuracy of space mirror through comparative experiments and analyses, the layup and curing influence factors include curing temperature, cooling rate of curing, method of prepreg lay-up, and area weight of fiber. Focusing on the four factors, we analyzed the error influence rule and put forward corresponding control measures to improve the surface figure of space mirror. For comparative analysis, six CFRP composite mirrors were fabricated and surface profile of mirrors were measured. Four guiding control measures were described here. Curing process of composite space mirror is our next focus.

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  1. School of Material Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

    Zhiyong Yang & Boming Zhang

  2. Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, Beijing, 100076, China

    Zhiyong Yang, Jianbao Zhang, Baogang Sun & Hongjun Guo

  3. Xi’an Institute of Optics & Precision Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an, 710068, China

    Yongjie Xie

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Yang, Z., Zhang, J., Xie, Y. et al. Influence of Layup and Curing on the Surface Accuracy in the Manufacturing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Composite Space Mirrors. Appl Compos Mater 24, 1447–1458 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-017-9595-7

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