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

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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

Abstract

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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Item Type:	Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering
DOI Number:	https://doi.org/10.1260/1750-9548.4.2.95
Publisher:	Multi Science Publishing
Keywords:	Spacecraft flywheel; Energy storage; Finite element analysis
Depositing User:	Fatimah Zahrah @ Aishah Amran
Date Deposited:	27 Dec 2014 06:15
Last Modified:	08 Oct 2015 00:52
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URI:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/15558
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