title: Structural optimization of structured carbon-based energy-storing composite materials used in space vehicles.
abstract: The hot work environment of electronic components in the instrument cabin of spacecraft was researched, and a new thermal protection structure, namely graphite carbon foam, which is an impregnated phase-transition material, was adopted to implement the thermal control on the electronic components. We used the optimized parameters obtained from ANSYS to conduct 2D optimization, 3-D modeling and simulation, as well as the strength check. Finally, the optimization results were verified by experiments. The results showed that after optimization, the structured carbon-based energy-storing composite material could reduce the mass and realize the thermal control over electronic components. This phase-transition composite material still possesses excellent temperature control performance after its repeated melting and solidifying.
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin - China.
authors.forename: Jia
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin - China.
authors.forename: Zhichao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin - China.
authors.forename: Chenlong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D004581:Electronics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D018531:Spacecraft