航空航天技术中的碳纳米复合材料:一种保护低轨道卫星的方法
Janith Weerasinghe1, Karthika Prasad1, Joice Mathew2
1School of Engineering, College of Engineering, Computing and Cybernetics, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia.
Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
|June 10, 2023
概括
低地球轨道卫星面临着原子氧侵蚀. 基于碳的纳米材料为保护航天器材料免受这种腐蚀性太空环境的影响提供了一个有希望的解决方案.
科学领域:
- 太空科学与工程 太空科学与工程
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 太空技术的进步和降低的发射成本推动了对低地球轨道 (LEO) 和极低地球轨道 (VLEO) 卫星的兴趣.
- 在LEO/VLEO中的卫星面临着独特的挑战,包括太空碎片,辐射,热波动和大气阻力.
- 剩余大气中的原子氧 (AO) 显著影响卫星结构,导致物质侵蚀,在VLEO中尤其重要.
研究的目的:
- 审查卫星与低地球轨道环境之间的腐蚀相互作用.
- 探索基于碳的纳米材料和复合材料在缓解原子氧诱导材料侵蚀方面的潜力.
- 讨论材料设计,制造挑战和该领域的当前研究.
主要方法:
- 对LEO/VLEO卫星环境挑战现有研究的文献综述.
- 对影响航天器材料的原子氧腐蚀机制的分析.
- 对基于碳的纳米材料和复合材料对AO电阻的评估.
主要成果:
- 原子氧是LEO/VLEO航天器材料降解的主要原因.
- 碳基纳米材料在保护卫星组件免受AO侵蚀方面显示出显著的潜力.
- 有效的材料设计和制造策略对于开发抗AO航天器至关重要.
结论:
- 尽量减少原子氧腐蚀对于LEO和VLEO卫星的寿命至关重要.
- 基于碳的纳米材料为提高卫星材料在恶劣轨道环境中的耐用性提供了一个可行的策略.
- 需要对材料设计和制造进行进一步的研究,才能充分利用这些先进的材料用于太空应用.
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