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Design and Simulation of a Flexible Bending Actuator for Solar Sail Attitude Control

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cam.depositDate2021-12-05
cam.issuedOnline2021-12-01
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Meilin
dc.contributor.authorWang, Zihao
dc.contributor.authorIkeuchi, Daiki
dc.contributor.authorFu, Junyu
dc.contributor.authorWu, Xiaofeng
dc.contributor.orcidLiu, Meilin [0000-0002-9972-9912]
dc.contributor.orcidWang, Zihao [0000-0002-9971-4358]
dc.contributor.orcidIkeuchi, Daiki [0000-0002-6707-5969]
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-09T00:30:31Z
dc.date.available2021-12-09T00:30:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-01
dc.date.updated2021-12-05T17:49:50Z
dc.description.abstract<jats:p>This paper presents the design of a flexible bending actuator using shape memory alloy (SMA) and its integration in attitude control for solar sailing. The SMA actuator has advantages in its power-to-weight ratio and light weight. The bending mechanism and models of the actuator were designed and developed. A neural network based adaptive controller was implemented to control the non-linear nature of the SMA actuator. The actuator control modules were integrated into the solar sail attitude model with a quaternion PD controller that formed a cascade control. The feasibility and performance of the proposed actuator for attitude control were investigated and evaluated, showing that the actuator could generate 1.5 × 10−3 Nm torque which maneuvered a 1600 m2 CubeSat based solar sail by 45° in 14 h. The results demonstrate that the proposed SMA bending actuator can be effectively integrated in attitude control for solar sailing under moderate external disturbances using an appropriate controller design, indicating the potential of a lighter solar sail for future missions.</jats:p>
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.78724
dc.identifier.eissn2226-4310
dc.identifier.issn2226-4310
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/331277
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Engineering Student
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectaerospace
dc.subjectsolar sail
dc.subjectattitude control
dc.titleDesign and Simulation of a Flexible Bending Actuator for Solar Sail Attitude Control
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-11-29
prism.endingPage372
prism.issueIdentifier12
prism.number372
prism.publicationDate2021
prism.publicationNameAerospace
prism.startingPage372
prism.volume8
pubs.licence-display-nameApollo Repository Deposit Licence Agreement
pubs.licence-identifierapollo-deposit-licence-2-1
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
rioxxterms.versionVoR
rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.3390/aerospace8120372

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