Micromechanics of Smart Materials for Large Deployable Mirrors

Abstract

Elastic memory composites, or EMC, can be folded by applying a load that forcibly folds the material into the desired, packaged shape while at an elevated temperature above the polymer's glass transition temperature. The deployment performance and repeatability was sufficiently quantified for this EMC laminate. An analysis method was devised that allows a designer to obtain an approximation for the maximum achievable curvature a laminate can achieve given any combination of fiber and resin.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 07, 2004
Accession Number
ADA430843

Entities

People

  • Arup K. Maji

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Carbon Fibers
  • Civil Engineering
  • Curvature
  • Deployment
  • Equations
  • Fibers
  • Geometric Forms
  • Geometry
  • Glass Transition Temperature
  • Laminates
  • Materials
  • Mechanics
  • Micromechanics
  • Precision
  • Resins
  • Shear Modulus
  • Transition Temperature

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Reinforced Composite Materials
  • Systems Analysis and Design