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Deployment simulation of membrane structures based on elastic-plastic behavior parameterization of the crease

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Aiming at the problem that the membrane structure is prone to creases in the process of folding and compaction, a proxy model is used to replace the creases to introduce initial defects for the folded membrane to realize the research of the deployment simulation of the membrane. Based on the finite-element method, the Z-folding and deploying process of the membrane is simulated and the elastic-plastic behavior of the crease is parameterized. The ABAQUS connector is used to replace the crease area of the membrane to simulate the characteristics of the crease and its effectiveness is verified. The deployment of Miura-ori membrane is simulated to explore the influence of force driving and constant-speed driving on the deploying process and deployment results of the membrane. In view of the self-contact phenomenon in the membrane deploying process when driven at a constant-speed, referring to the motion trajectory of the membrane loading corner of the force drive, a step-speed driving method is proposed. The research results show that using a step-speed to drive the deployment of folded membrane can reduce the curvature of the membrane surface, solve the problem of membrane self-contact, and eliminate the phenomenon of stress concentration of membrane surface. In addition, compared with other driving methods, the step-speed driving method has a significant advantage in improving the stability of the deploying process of a membrane.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 51835002), Natural Science Foundation of Shanxi Province (Project No. 201901D211010) and Technology Innovation Foundation of Shanxi University (Project No. 2019L0177).

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  1. College of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Youqing Shen, Jing Zhang & Ziming Kou

  2. Shanxi Province Engineering Technology Research Center for Mine Fluid Control, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Youqing Shen, Jing Zhang & Ziming Kou

  3. National-local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Mining Fluid Control, Taiyuan, 030024, China

    Youqing Shen, Jing Zhang & Ziming Kou

  4. School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China

    Hongwei Guo & Rongqiang Liu

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Youqing Shen studied at Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan.

Jing Zhang, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in Taiyuan University of Technology. Her research interests include design and analysis of folding mechanism and flexible mechanism.

Hongwei Guo, Ph.D., is a Professor in Harbin Institute of Technology. His research interests include space deployable mechanism and control, aircraft variant mechanism.

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Shen, Y., Zhang, J., Guo, H. et al. Deployment simulation of membrane structures based on elastic-plastic behavior parameterization of the crease. J Mech Sci Technol 35, 2083–2095 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-021-0424-4

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