Flutter Analysis of Space Solar Power Satellite Under Thermal Loading

No AccessTechnical NotesFlutter Analysis of Space Solar Power Satellite Under Thermal LoadingZhe-Xi Lu, Ying-Jing Qian, Xiao-Dong Yang, Wei Zhang and Chao YangZhe-Xi LuBeijing Institute of Technology, 100081 Beijing, People’s Republic of China*School of Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology; also Graduate Student, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing, Beijing University of Technology.Search for more papers by this author, Ying-Jing QianBeijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China†Associate Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing (Corresponding Author).Search for more papers by this author, Xiao-Dong YangBeijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China‡Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing.Search for more papers by this author, Wei ZhangBeijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China‡Professor, Beijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing.Search for more papers by this author and Chao YangBeijing Institute of Technology, 100081 Beijing, People’s Republic of China§Professor, School of Mechanical Engineering.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:30 May 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J061450SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Li X., Zhou J., Duan B., Yang Y., Zhang Y. and Fan J., “Performance of Planar Arrays for Microwave Power Transmission with Position Errors,” IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 14, April 2015, pp. 1794–1797. https://doi.org/10.1109/LAWP.2015.2424227. 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TopicsComputational Fluid DynamicsFinite Element MethodFinite Element SoftwareFluid DynamicsHeat FluxHeat TransferNumerical Heat TransferThermal Modeling and AnalysisThermal RadiationThermodynamic PropertiesThermodynamicsThermophysical PropertiesThermophysics and Heat Transfer KeywordsDynamic ResponseSolar Power SatelliteThermal Structural AnalysisBeam (Structures)EarthStructural VibrationEuler Bernoulli Beam TheoryDimensional StabilityBody Freedom FlutterLarge Space StructuresAcknowledgmentsThis work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project nos. 12172013 and 11772009), the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation (project no. 1192002), and the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration (grant no. MSV202107).PDF Received10 November 2021Accepted27 April 2022Published online30 May 2022