Novel tape spring geometries for deployable and reconfigurable structures

用于可展开和可重构结构的新型带弹簧几何形状

• 批准号: 2605801
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Cambridge
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2605801
• 关键词: Novel; tape; spring; geometries; deployable

Tape springs are shell structures that have good properties for deployable structures; they can be rolled up, and can form elastic hinges. As such they are widely used in aerospace applications where the premium on space means deployable structures are required but reliability and low weight are paramount - for example solar panels on satellites. There has so far been relatively little application of them to earth based civil engineering. Additionally, straight tape springs have been studied extensively but there is a wider range of possible geometries. This PhD will investigate novel geometries of tape springs, including "tape rings", which are tape springs with toroidal curvature, through experimentation, computational simulation, and application of shell structural mechanics. The PhD will also consider civil based applications for tape springs, and design a reconfigurable structure in collaboration with Structuremode.

带状弹簧是具有良好性能的可展开结构的壳体结构;它们可以卷起，并且可以形成弹性铰链。因此，它们被广泛用于航空航天应用中，在这些应用中，空间的溢价意味着需要可展开的结构，但可靠性和低重量是至关重要的-例如卫星上的太阳能电池板。到目前为止，它们在土木工程中的应用相对较少。此外，直带弹簧已被广泛研究，但有更广泛的可能的几何形状。这个博士将通过实验，计算模拟和壳结构力学的应用，研究新型几何形状的带弹簧，包括“带环”，这是具有环形曲率的带弹簧。博士还将考虑基于民用应用的带弹簧，并与Structuremode合作设计可重构结构。