Original Article
Telecommunication
Mehrnoosh Farahani; Vafa Sedghi; seyed mostafa safavi homami; Hamid Mesforoush
Abstract
The ions in the space environment cause the surface and internal charging phenomenon in satellites. The accumulated potential during the charging phenomenon can cause electrostatic discharge and seriously endanger the satellite telecommunication components. The purpose of this paper is to investigate ...
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The ions in the space environment cause the surface and internal charging phenomenon in satellites. The accumulated potential during the charging phenomenon can cause electrostatic discharge and seriously endanger the satellite telecommunication components. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the possibility of electrostatic discharge on satellite surfaces in low earth orbit (LEO) environment and to reduce this possibility in order to reduce the risk of damage to satellite surfaces and components. First, the surface charging phenomenon is simulated in an aluminum satellite in low earth orbit and then in polar aurora by SPIS software. Then multi-layer thermal insulation is applied to the system and its effects on the charging phenomenon are investigated. Research has shown that adding MLI layers will increase the risk of electrostatic discharge. Therefore, in the next steps, the effect of the grounding system in reducing the risk was investigated. By connecting the layers to the ground in a proper way, the possibility of discharge between the layers and the body and between the layers with each other is minimized, which leads to the achievement of an optimal system.
Original Article
Telecommunication
elham sharifi; Arash Ahmadi; Mohammad Fazaelifar
Abstract
The antenna of a high throughput satellite payload should generate multiple spot beams simultaneously to provide frequency reuse by creating cellular coverage for the satellite. The phased array antenna is a proper option for this application. In geostationary orbit, the satellite field of view is limited, ...
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The antenna of a high throughput satellite payload should generate multiple spot beams simultaneously to provide frequency reuse by creating cellular coverage for the satellite. The phased array antenna is a proper option for this application. In geostationary orbit, the satellite field of view is limited, and dividing it to several tight beams poses many challenges to the antenna design. The large dimensions of the radiating aperture, high number of radiant elements, the need for dividing the array to several sub-arrays, which lead to appearance of grating lobes, and the orthogonality of the beams with tiny angular distance are the challenges of the antenna design. In this article, a multiple beam phased array antenna in Ka-band with microwave beam forming network is synthesized and designed to meet aforementioned challenges. The sub-beam technique has been used for decreasing the array dimensions. For eliminating the grating lobes, the array has been divided into interleaved sub-arrays in two dimensions. A new beam forming network which can generate 20×20 simultaneous orthogonal beams in an area with coverage widths of 10˚ and 8.8˚ in longitude and latitude directions has been devised in this paper.
Original Article
Material science
Mohammad Hossein mansouri Moghari; Hassan Naseh; Sahar Noori
Abstract
Accurate solving of complex systems such as space systems and specifically space propulsion system is very costly and time consuming. By developing and building a surrogate model, the solution time and the cost can be reduced. The closer the surrogate model is to the actual model, the more accurate the ...
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Accurate solving of complex systems such as space systems and specifically space propulsion system is very costly and time consuming. By developing and building a surrogate model, the solution time and the cost can be reduced. The closer the surrogate model is to the actual model, the more accurate the solution and the lower the error rate. High-precision successor models are called metamodels. The basis of producing a high-precision meta-model is to perform high-precision sensitivity analysis with a suitable method. Sensitivity analysis can show the effect of input variables on output variables and produce a surrogate model by eliminating ineffective input variables. Therefore, sensitivity analysis is of great value in solving complex systems. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the sensitivity of the multidisciplinary design of a monopropellant liquid propulsion system by the Latin Hypercube Sampling method. In this article, the topics related to the liquid monopropellant propulsion system are divided into six parts: High pressure gas tank, liquid fuel tank, injector, decomposition chamber, catalytic bed and nozzle. By determining the input and output variables of each subject, the results of sensitivity analysis are displayed in two ways: the sensitivity of the input variables to the output and the two-by-two correlation of the parameters with each other. In the results, as can be seen, the specific impulse input variable, in the high-pressure gas tank and the liquid fuel tank, has no effect on the output variables. In the injector, the number of grooves, groove angles and fuel tank pressure do not have a significant effect on the output variables. In the decomposition chamber sensitivity analysis diagram, the radius of the granule and for the catalyst bed, in addition to the radius of the granule, the percentage of ammonia decomposition are also ineffective. Finally, the sensitivity analysis for the nozzle shows that the ratio of specific heat has no effect on the output variables.
Original Article
Elham Kowsari; Hadi Makarem
Abstract
Star tracker is one of the most important devices used on satellites for attitude determination. Since its output is discontinuous, it needs to be aided to complement its discontinuity. Using gyroscope unit is the most suitable choice for aiding the star tracker. However, using these two kinds of sensor ...
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Star tracker is one of the most important devices used on satellites for attitude determination. Since its output is discontinuous, it needs to be aided to complement its discontinuity. Using gyroscope unit is the most suitable choice for aiding the star tracker. However, using these two kinds of sensor simultaneously has some challenges. In other words, not only biases lead to low accuracy in the attitude determination, but also the installation error has a significant effect on the accuracy. In this paper after presenting the important role of installation errors between star tracker and gyroscope in the accuracy of attitude determination, an effective method is proposed to determine the misalignment error between these two sensors which is based only on their measurements, and the mathematical formulation is presented in detail. Then, to validate the performance of the proposed method, it is implemented to calculate the instantiation error of an experimental dataset gathered in the Mount Pooladkaf, for which the results are reported.
Original Article
Material science
Mahdi Golriz; Seyed Hassan Jafari; Sajede Aghasi
Abstract
One of the methods for improving thermal conductivity of epoxy adhesives is the incorporating of conductive ceramic, metal or carbon fillers. As the main goal of this research, is to improve thermal conductivity of epoxy resin and keep its electrically insulating property, Alumina (Al2O3) ceramic filler, ...
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One of the methods for improving thermal conductivity of epoxy adhesives is the incorporating of conductive ceramic, metal or carbon fillers. As the main goal of this research, is to improve thermal conductivity of epoxy resin and keep its electrically insulating property, Alumina (Al2O3) ceramic filler, individually and in combination with Boron Nitride (BN) ceramic filler with high thermal conductivity and electrical resistivity. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) observations showed a good dispersion and an acceptable connection between fillers. Thermal diffusivity measurements revealed that by incorporating conductive ceramic fillers, either individually or in combination with each other, regardless of the type of the hardener, thermal diffusivity would increase as a result of the formation of thermal conductive networks. Although, in hybrid system, because of bridging effect between particles, thermal diffusivity will notably increase. Therefore, using hybrid system of Alumina/BN along with long chain polyamine curing agent is a suitable choice for the preparation of thermally conductive yet electrically insulating epoxy adhesives in space industries. The results show that the thermal conductivity of hybrid system of Alumina/BN have been raised to 1.7 (W/mK) instead of 0.4 (W/mK) which is belong to pure epoxy system. The most important point of this work is that the good thermal conductivity obtained by kept of mechanical properties, dielectric constant, as well as lap shear strength of Alumina/BN hybrid system meet all acceptable range of thermal conductive adhesive for space application.
reviewed article
Ehsan Mousivand; Sajjad Ghazanfarinia; Yaser Saffar; Masoud Khoshsima
Abstract
Satellite Constellations are the new approach to achieve the applications that were presumably expected from large and complex satellites. This paper reviews activities and related satellite constellation of about 130 companies and research institutes, showing that Communication Missions (Internet of ...
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Satellite Constellations are the new approach to achieve the applications that were presumably expected from large and complex satellites. This paper reviews activities and related satellite constellation of about 130 companies and research institutes, showing that Communication Missions (Internet of Things and Machine to Machine Services) are the most desirable for Constellations with 27% of all. Earth Observation constellations are in the next rank with 19%. The most favorite configuration in Constellations is based on Microsatellites with 42%, out of which Cubesats are of more interest. The research is going to present the role of Cubesats with some statistical analysis to show how these Space Systems may affect the future of Space Industry and Economy with Solutions based on Constellations. Results discuss the Future of Constellations and Cubesats and their common effect on New Space both in Space Industry Level and Space Economy. This review may help researchers to work on similar studies with business approaches, too.
Original Article
Material science
Alireza Zarezadeh; Mohammad Hossein Allaee; Mohsen Heydari Beni; Ali Davar; Jafar Eskandari Jam
Abstract
The filament winding process is one of the most important and widely used processes in the manufacture of composite structures in order to achieve high strength and rigidity. In this process, there are important parameters such as fiber tension, how the fibers are twisted, the effect of layering, twisting ...
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The filament winding process is one of the most important and widely used processes in the manufacture of composite structures in order to achieve high strength and rigidity. In this process, there are important parameters such as fiber tension, how the fibers are twisted, the effect of layering, twisting angle, twisting pattern of fibers, materials, etc. which can play a significant role in this process. In this regard, the twisting pattern has been less studied by researchers than other parameters. In this research, the effect of fiber twisting pattern on the hydrostatic pressure threshold of epoxy glass cylinder has been investigated. For this purpose, glass/epoxy cylinders with 4 different twisting patterns were made with ± 54 arrangement and subjected to hydrostatic test with internal pressures of 5-50 bar, where the amount of radial displacement in the middle of the cylinder was measured experimentally. In the following, the radial displacement of cylinders due to the internal pressure was also modeled using numerical analysis (Abaqus) and compared with experimental results. In order to validate the experimental and numerical results, theoretical model was used and the results were compared. All of the results obtained were in acceptable limits and showed that the pattern having finer texture has a higher compressive strength. Also, the simulation results showed a good agreement with the experimental results.
Original Article
masumeh kiantaj; morteza farhid; mohammadmehdi shafie; Mohammad reza morad
Abstract
In this article, the characteristics of the hollow cathode plasma particles in the spt-100 hall effect thruster are investigated by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. One of the main and important components of the hall thruster is hollow cathode which plays two important tasks: one part of ...
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In this article, the characteristics of the hollow cathode plasma particles in the spt-100 hall effect thruster are investigated by two-dimensional particle-in-cell simulation. One of the main and important components of the hall thruster is hollow cathode which plays two important tasks: one part of the electrons that come from the cathode used for anode propellant ionization, and the other part plays the important role of neutralizing the ion beam coming out of the thruster. Therefore, the study of the hollow cathode characteristic is importance. Krypton is used as fuel in this system. The behavior of the potential, the density of electrons and ions and the temperature of particles has been studied. The results show that corresponding the electrons, the ion density also decreases exponentially from the maximum value in the cathode ionization region through outer chamber. Also, analyzing normalized radius regard to electron density shows that the cathode effective area in which the radius electron temperature reaches maximum value is located about 1.5mm from the center line of the hallow cathode.
Original Article
mohamad ali amirifar; alireza rajabi; nooredin ghadiri masoom; Zahra Amirsardari
Abstract
In this study, the pulse mode performance of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster has been studied. For this purpose, a laboratory sample of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster under atmospheric pressure was fabricated and tested. The thruster catalyst is natively synthesized. The pulse mode performance ...
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In this study, the pulse mode performance of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster has been studied. For this purpose, a laboratory sample of a monopropellant hydrazine thruster under atmospheric pressure was fabricated and tested. The thruster catalyst is natively synthesized. The pulse mode performance of this monopropellant hydrazine thruster has been experimentally evaluated and the results are presented. The results of this study show that the monopropellant hydrazine thruster made with a synthesized catalyst produces reproducible impulses for pulses less than 10 milliseconds wide. The minimum impulse of this monopropellant hydrazine thruster is measured at 32 mNS. Also, the standard deviation of the impulse is less than 6% for 100 pulses. The thruster response time is also very reproducible. The results of this study showed that the centroid of the thruster changes linearly with the pulse width. However, the transient behavior of the chamber pressure is relatively slow, leading to a large centroid.
Original Article
Sajjad Ghazanfarinia; Ehsan Mousivand; Yaser Saffar; Masoud Khoshsima
Abstract
This research is going to present design of a LEO Constellation for Navigation service with minimum number of Satellites. The goal is to achieve Dilution Of Precision (DOP) less than 6. This Requirement is going to be achieved using predefined launch vehicles limitation on orbit which is 500 km in circular ...
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This research is going to present design of a LEO Constellation for Navigation service with minimum number of Satellites. The goal is to achieve Dilution Of Precision (DOP) less than 6. This Requirement is going to be achieved using predefined launch vehicles limitation on orbit which is 500 km in circular orbit altitude and 55 degrees for orbit inclination. Design has been done based on Analyses resulting in Optimization for least number of Satellites in this orbit, to satisfy all requirements for Navigation Performance and in conformance with the constraints related to launch and orbit. Multiple analyses have been done resulted in Constellation with 324 satellites, formed in 18 Orbits with 18 Satellites in each. This design shows the performance of 4.7 in DOP for a User located in Tehran, however, the distribution of DOP over the target area shows that the requirement has been passed through the whole region.
Original Article
Nematollah Fouladi; Alireza Mohammadi
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to evaluate a ground test bed of an orbital transmission engine with pre-evacuation of the engine's internal space. In the usual tests on the ground, the initial pressure of the engine is atmospheric pressure. While during the orbital mission, the internal space of ...
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The purpose of this research is to evaluate a ground test bed of an orbital transmission engine with pre-evacuation of the engine's internal space. In the usual tests on the ground, the initial pressure of the engine is atmospheric pressure. While during the orbital mission, the internal space of the engine may be in the vacuum pressure. Therefore, it is necessary to test the performance by pre-evacuating its internal space. In this research, the suitability of an exhaust diffuser for this type of test is investigated numerically. The unsteady numerical simulations have been done by applying the pressure-time profiles of the engine as the boundary condition of the inlet pressure. Investigations show that the two phenomena of flow being supersonic in the diffuser at very low engine pressures and the discharge of the return flow to the vacuum chamber prevent the significant influence of environmental conditions on the flow inside the nozzle. So, from the initial moment to the stable working of the diffuser, the flow in the first half of the nozzle is in the supersonic state. Therefore, the internal ballistics of the engine is evaluated independently of the conditions of the outside environment.
reviewed article
ali safi; ali taghavian; Esmaeel Khanmirza
Abstract
Due to various and complex phenomena in hybrid dynamical systems, the control of these types of systems has faced a challenge. Space systems also have hybrid dynamics due to different missions and operational modes. Therefore, to deal with these systems, we must first familiarize ourselves with the standard ...
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Due to various and complex phenomena in hybrid dynamical systems, the control of these types of systems has faced a challenge. Space systems also have hybrid dynamics due to different missions and operational modes. Therefore, to deal with these systems, we must first familiarize ourselves with the standard examples studied before. Consequently, multiple examples have been reviewed and researched in hybrid control science. Some of these examples are used as benchmarks to improve the performance comparison of control methods or to check their comprehensiveness. Therefore, this article has tried to collect benchmark examples with different characteristics in the hybrid control field and compare them with each other. It should be noted that benchmark examples were selected based on the number of repetitions and being well recognized. Therefore, the performance of the developing controllers can be examined on these examples and compared with the results of other controllers. As a result, the researchers can choose their desired benchmark more accurately and efficiently and proceed with the investigation and design of the controller.
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