Heliogyro solar sail with self-regulated centrifugal deployment enabled by an origami-inspired morphing reflector
- Submitting institution
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Manchester Metropolitan University
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 1843
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.actaastro.2018.08.012
- Title of journal
- Acta Astronautica
- Article number
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- First page
- 242
- Volume
- 152
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0094-5765
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/75702561/Solar_drag_sail_with_self_regulated_centrifugal_deployment_enabled_by_origami_inspired_morphing_reflector.pdf
- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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3
- Research group(s)
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C - Smart Infrastructure
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The paper proposes a novel solution for solar sail technology, it is vital that all of the captured energy is used for propulsion. Traditional sails move and rotate to maximise the available energy that they can capture, the proposed origami inspired solar sail, avoids the need for readjustment thus conserving energy and is therefore on the whole more lightweight. The self-regulated centrifugal deployment also saves on wet and energy consumption. The research presented has the potential to have a significant impact on space travel.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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