Original Article
  • Thermal Characteristics of Hybrid Insert for Carbon Composite Satellite Structures
  • Jun Woo Lim†
  • LANL-CBNU Engineering Institute Korea, Chonbuk National University, Corresponding author (E-mail: jul170@jbnu.ac.kr)
Abstract
Composite sandwich structures are widely employed in various applications, due to their high specific stiffness and specific bending strength compared to solid panels. Lately, for that reason, the advanced composite sandwich structures are employed in satellite structures: materials should be as light as possible with the highest attainable performance. This study is majorly focused on inserts employed to the composite sandwich satellite structures. A new hybrid insert design was developed in precedent study to reduce the mass of the sandwich structure since the mass of the satellite structure is related to high launching cost [1]. In this study, the thermal characteristics and behavior of the precedently developed hybrid insert with carbon composite reinforcing web and the conventional partial insert were numerically investigated.

Keywords: Composite, Insert, Satellite, Payload, Thermal property

This Article

  • 2015; 28(4): 162-167

    Published on Aug 31, 2015