Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage

An investigation to optimize the carbon/epoxy composite rotor is performed for the spacecraft energy storage application. A high speed multi-layer rotor design is proposed and different composite materials are tested to achieve the most suitable recipe. First, the analytical rotor evaluation is perf...

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Main Authors: Varatharajoo, Renuganth, Salit, Mohd Sapuan, Goh, Kian Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Multi Science Publishing 2010
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/1/Material%20optimization%20of%20carbon.pdf
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author Varatharajoo, Renuganth
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Goh, Kian Hong
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Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Goh, Kian Hong
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description An investigation to optimize the carbon/epoxy composite rotor is performed for the spacecraft energy storage application. A high speed multi-layer rotor design is proposed and different composite materials are tested to achieve the most suitable recipe. First, the analytical rotor evaluation is performed to establish a reliable numerical rotor model. Then, finite element analysis (FEA) is employed in order to optimise the multi-layer composite rotor design. Subsequently, the modal analysis is carried out to determine the rotor natural frequencies and mode shapes for a safe operational regime below 50, 000 rpm.
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spelling upm-155582015-10-08T00:52:51Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/ Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage Varatharajoo, Renuganth Salit, Mohd Sapuan Goh, Kian Hong An investigation to optimize the carbon/epoxy composite rotor is performed for the spacecraft energy storage application. A high speed multi-layer rotor design is proposed and different composite materials are tested to achieve the most suitable recipe. First, the analytical rotor evaluation is performed to establish a reliable numerical rotor model. Then, finite element analysis (FEA) is employed in order to optimise the multi-layer composite rotor design. Subsequently, the modal analysis is carried out to determine the rotor natural frequencies and mode shapes for a safe operational regime below 50, 000 rpm. Multi Science Publishing 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/1/Material%20optimization%20of%20carbon.pdf Varatharajoo, Renuganth and Salit, Mohd Sapuan and Goh, Kian Hong (2010) Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage. International Journal of Multiphysics, 4 (2). pp. 95-101. ISSN 1750-9548 10.1260/1750-9548.4.2.95 English
spellingShingle Varatharajoo, Renuganth
Salit, Mohd Sapuan
Goh, Kian Hong
Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title_full Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title_fullStr Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title_full_unstemmed Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title_short Material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
title_sort material optimization of carbon/epoxy composite rotor for spacecraft energy storage
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558/1/Material%20optimization%20of%20carbon.pdf