A shearless boom includes a first boom shell, a second boom shell, and a flexible sheath encasing both. Each of the first and second boom shells extends along and about a respective longitudinal axis, has lateral longitudinal edges, and defines respective first and second concavities in cross section. The first and second longitudinal axes are parallel, the first concavity faces the second concavity, and the lateral longitudinal edges of the first boom shell are aligned with and oppose the lateral longitudinal edges of the second boom shell, respectively. A first structural form is associated with the first boom shell and a second structural form is associated with the second boom shell. The first and second structural forms are configured to form an interface with each other that resists torsional movement of the shearless boom and inhibits slippage between corresponding lateral longitudinal edges of first and second boom shells.
Edge registration for shearless extendible booms
2023-11-23
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64G Raumfahrt , COSMONAUTICS |
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