Dynamic Characteristic Analysis of Large Space Deployable Articulated Mast

AbstractEquivalent continuum beam model and finite element model of space deployable articulated mast are developed. Dynamic characteristics of the mast without and with tip load are analyzed based on two models respectively. Frequencies and mode shapes of the mast are calculated and simulated by Euler beam theory and finite element simulation, and theoretical solutions are compared with simulation results. Influence of mast structural parameters on mast natural frequencies is analyzed, the sensitivities of mast bending, torsional, axial frequencies to structural parameters are calculated. The measure for improving mast dynamic characteristic is proposed through sensitivity analysis