2007, B, 2T25, 431-432, DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6239-1_214

Experimental Studies on Wrinkling Behaviors of Gossamer Space Structures

Changguo Wang and Xingwen Du

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Abstract

Ultra-large and ultra-lightweight gossamer space structure has received the widest attention due to its small packaging volume and low launching cost. Wrinkles are a common deformation status and a main failure mode of such structures. Experimental test is a main part of wrinkling analysis on gossamer space structures. The contact test can’t be used to accurately determine the wrinkling behaviors because of the characteristics of lightweight and flexibility. Non-contact photogrammetry has been successfully applied to the test of deformation of gossamer space structures[1, 2]. Pappa[3] did the test on wrinkle deformation based on the dot-projecting photogrammetry, the out-of-plane wrinkle amplitude was obtained. By now, the accurate test on the small amplitude wrinkle in small scale structures is a key problem of wrinkling experiment.

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