Mechanical design, analysis and development of deployment mechanism for cubesat SAR S-band membrane antenna

• Main Author: Divya Agarwal
• Other Authors: Tai Kang
• Format: Thesis-Master by Coursework
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Mechanics and dynamics; Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Materials of construction
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/137109
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The need for large antennas in the aerospace industry has spurred research into deployable membrane antennas, due to their lightweight and compact storage capacity. One of the main problems of incorporating large antennas in small satellites is the packaging and safe deployment of structural booms a...