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Jet
Propulsion Laboratory
1992 Phase II
Design Tool
for Inflatable Structures
L'Garde,
Inc.
Tustin, CA
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INNOVATION
Design tool that can predict the precise on-orbit shape and modal
dynamic behavior of inflatable space structures
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Inflatable Antenna Experiment
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ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed improvements to an
existing finite element code capable of treating large
deflections of inflatable antennas having non-linear properties
- Improved software capable of
predicting responses caused by static, thermal and dynamic loading
- Improved software is interfaced
with RF antennas and ray tracer codes
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COMMERCIALIZATION
- Design of inflatable antennas
for future NASA and commercial satellites
- Inflatable antennas offer reduced
cost and stowed volume (both by an order of magnitude)
- Design of inflatable structures
including blimps, balloons, inflatable space sunshades
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GOVERNMENT/SCIENCE
APPLICATIONS
- Received $10M funding for NASA
IN-STEP flight demonstration of inflatable space antenna technology
- Design of inflatable structures
for future space missions - large aperture RF antenna, SAR mapping,
power antenna, inflatable solar arrays, telescope
sunshades, deployable booms, and others
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