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A new type of hinges consisting of the tape springs with excellent mechanics properties that can be used to fold and deploy structural elements on spacecrafts is investigated. Deployable moments of the hinges are studied in order to determine the launch forces imposed on the structure and ensure correct deployment in space applications emission. The paper mainly researches its performance with both computational and experimental methods.This work focuses on the detailed non-linear finite-element (FE) simulations of the folding/unfolding process of 3D tape-spring hinges. A simple experiment is performed to measure critical moment of the hinge.
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Guan, F.L., Wu, X.Y., Wang, Y.W. (2010). The Mechanical Behavior of the Double Piece of Tape Spring. In: Huang, DS., McGinnity, M., Heutte, L., Zhang, XP. (eds) Advanced Intelligent Computing Theories and Applications. ICIC 2010. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 93. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14831-6_14
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