Development and evaluation of the mars pathfinder inflatable airbag landing system

Cadogan, David; Sandy, Charles; Grahne, Mark S.

doi:10.1016/s0094-5765(01)00215-6

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“…Other advantages include their low production cost, high strength due to the large surface area over which they are able to absorb loads, and high reliability of deployment [28]. As a result, they have found their way into many applications including vehicle wheels, furniture, inflatable boats and buoyancy systems [81], airbags [23,233], membrane roofs [9,105,165], soft robotics [151,160,196,245,246], medical treatments [10,14,147,234] and for entertainment.…”

Section: Inflatable Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

HCI meets Material Science

Qamar

Groh

Holman

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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Section: Inflatable Structuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

HCI meets Material Science

Qamar

Groh

Holman

et al. 2018

Proceedings of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

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“…We apply the 1/6 G similarity rule, which is applied to simulate the behavior on the moon during model testing. 12) In this study, the values of 1 m , 2 m , and 3 m are 0.100, 3.000, and 0.600 kg, respectively. In the same way, the initial falling height 0 h is 0.500 m. Those parameter values correspond to the free fall of an approximately 650-kg spacecraft from a 3-m height on the moon.…”

Section: Parameter Determinationmentioning

confidence: 74%

Base-Extension Separation Mechanism for Planetary Exploration Spacecraft Landing

Saeki

Hara

Otsuki

et al. 2014

AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGY JAPAN

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In future surveys, planetary exploration spacecraft will need to land on rock beds and slopes. Therefore, spacecraft should be equipped with landing methods to facilitate soft landings in these severe regions. However, conventional landing methods have problems such as high rebound, the impossibility of reuse, and excessive resource consumption. To overcome these problems, the authors previously invented several landing methods, but these have practical limitations. Thus, this paper proposes a novel landing mechanism called the base-extension separation mechanism (BESM), which focuses on energy conversion using springs and separable units, and discusses a single-axis falling-type small-scale model of a spacecraft with the BESM. Then, the rebound and acceleration suppression performance is evaluated through simulations. These reveal that the BESM realizes good performance under nominal conditions. The BESM is shown to have good robustness against variations in the ground stiffness, ground damping, spacecraft mass, and installed mass. The study findings reveal that the BESM is a promising method: it overcomes the drawbacks of the conventional methods and our previous inventions. In addition, the BESM generally performs better in soft landings than our previous inventions.

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“…Vectran has better flex-crack/abrasion resistance which means that when a fabric is folded, Vectran fibers are less damaged compared to Kevlar. However, Kevlar has the advantage that it offers higher strength retention at higher temperatures [43].…”

Section: J Fundam Appl Sci 2017 9(3s) 317-334 324mentioning

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Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

Dollah

Saad

CheIdris

2018

J. Fundam and Appl Sci.

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This is an overview topic of inflatable structure for aerospace application. An inflatable structure is a promising choice for a wide r application are inflatable wing, space antenna, solar array, inflatable aeroshell and inflatable aerodynamic decelerators. The advantages of inflatable structure are it offers the potential for compact stowing of lightweight structure. This will efficient packaging, easy to deploy and ultimately lead to reduction in mission cost.Historically, inflatable technology has been introduced as a concept in aerospace application with a patent on flying glider th Over the years, many concepts of inflatable were introduced but only a small number of concepts have progress beyond the stage of design and even fewer manage to be completed and used extensively.

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Development and evaluation of the mars pathfinder inflatable airbag landing system

Cited by 59 publications

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Base-Extension Separation Mechanism for Planetary Exploration Spacecraft Landing

Inflatable structure for aerospace application: Historical perspective and future outlook

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