Research Article

An Iterative Determination Method of an Axial Deployment Force of a Lanyard-Deployed Coilable Mast in Local Coil Mode

Table 1

Technical parameters of the coilable mast.

ParameterValue

Coiling radius ()75 mm

Radius of longeron1 mm

Radius of batten0.65 mm

Batten pitch length ()95 mm

Height between hinges (coiled zone) ()3 mm

Material of hingeAluminum alloy
Young’s modulus: 70.6 GPa; Poisson’s ratio: 0.33

Material of longeron and battenTi-Ni alloy
Young’s modulus: 83 GPa; Poisson’s ratio: 0.31