This paper presents a result of dynamic modeling and simulation for deploying beams. When a beam is axially deploying, lateral vibration is often observed. This paper proposes a finite element modeling technique to cope with time-varying properties of...
This paper presents a result of dynamic modeling and simulation for deploying beams. When a beam is axially deploying, lateral vibration is often observed. This paper proposes a finite element modeling technique to cope with time-varying properties of this kind of deploying beams. The simulated result from the proposed model is compared with that from a reference. Two-stage deploying beams are also investigated with the proposed dynamic modeling method.