A study of the mechanical characteristics of the flywheel as the main component of an inertial mechanical energy storage system on board a space vehicle
Abstract
The mechanical properties of a composite flywheel with compliant spokes are briefly examined as part of research concerned with inertial mechanical energy storage devices for space applications. Results of an experimental study of the stiffness coefficients of the spokes in the radial direction and resonance frequencies of the flywheel provide the basis for formulating material selection criteria and developing technology for fabricating flywheel components.
- Publication:
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Studies on the Mechanics of Space Flight in the Light of K.E. Tsiolkovsky's Ideas; Lectures Devoted to K.E. Tsiolkovsky's Ideas
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991smsf.tran..120G
- Keywords:
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- Composite Structures;
- Critical Velocity;
- Flywheels;
- Stress Analysis;
- Design Analysis;
- Mechanical Properties;
- Mechanical Engineering