Flutter Mechanism Analysis for Circular Solar Sail

No AccessTechnical NotesFlutter Mechanism Analysis for Circular Solar SailYing-Jing Qian, Lian-En Zuo, Zi-Xiao Liu, Xiao-Dong Yang and Lei XuYing-Jing QianBeijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Beijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China*Professor, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing.Search for more papers by this author, Lian-En ZuoBeijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, Beijing University of Technology, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China†Graduate Student, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing.Search for more papers by this author, Zi-Xiao Liu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1161-1803University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90095‡Graduate Student, Department of Materials Science and Engineering.Search for more papers by this author, Xiao-Dong YangBeijing Key Laboratory of Nonlinear Vibrations and Strength of Mechanical Structures, 100124 Beijing, People’s Republic of China§Professor, Faculty of Materials and Manufacturing.Search for more papers by this author and Lei XuBeijing Spacecrafts, 100094 Beijing, People’s Republic of China¶Senior Engineer.Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:27 Nov 2022https://doi.org/10.2514/1.J061994SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About References [1] Liu Z. 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See also AIAA Rights and Permissions www.aiaa.org/randp. TopicsDynamic AnalysisMaterials and Structural MechanicsPropulsion and PowerSpacecraft PropulsionStructural Dynamics and Characterization KeywordsSolar SailFlutter AnalysisModal AnalysisAcknowledgmentsThis work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (project numbers 12172013 and 11772009) and the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical System and Vibration (grant number MSV202107). The data that support the plots within this paper and other finding of this study are available from the corresponding author on request.PDF Received27 April 2022Accepted31 October 2022Published online27 November 2022