Evaluation of the Effect of the Compression Stiffness and the Bending Stiffness on the Deployment of a Membrane-like Spacecraft with the Multi-particle Method

摘要

In this study, we modify multi-particle method, a calculation method for predicting membrane behaviour, for evaluating collision between membranes and the change in membrane compression and bending stiffness due to devices mounted on membrane. This modification is verified its validity by the consistency with the results of the experiments conducted in the previous study. Then, we investigate the changes in the deployment behaviour when the temperature and thickness of solar cells change.