Composite sandwich panels have a vast heritage and are commonly employed in various fields. The space industry is not an exception and often space structures and experiments use this type of panels. This paper represents an effort toward the development of a design procedure for space-born sandwich panels. The here-presented work has been performed on a real test case: the structural sandwich panel of a scientific space mission. In this preliminary phase, classical methodologies were used to ensure the satisfaction of the mechanical requirements and for the minimization of the panel mass and dimensions. Tools such as Finite Element (FE) were employed to help with the design. Increasingly detailed models were developed and used to design the space panels. In addition, this work describes the future roadmap of the project
A contribute to the development of a design procedure for space-born sandwich panels with CFRP skins and an aluminum core
Mancini, E
;Mussolin, L;Palmieri, M;Ambrosi, G;Cianetti, F
2023
Abstract
Composite sandwich panels have a vast heritage and are commonly employed in various fields. The space industry is not an exception and often space structures and experiments use this type of panels. This paper represents an effort toward the development of a design procedure for space-born sandwich panels. The here-presented work has been performed on a real test case: the structural sandwich panel of a scientific space mission. In this preliminary phase, classical methodologies were used to ensure the satisfaction of the mechanical requirements and for the minimization of the panel mass and dimensions. Tools such as Finite Element (FE) were employed to help with the design. Increasingly detailed models were developed and used to design the space panels. In addition, this work describes the future roadmap of the projectI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
