Spacecraft Recovery & Remote Sensing, Volume. 45, Issue 2, 1(2024)

Design and Analysis of a New Reusable Lander

Shan JIA1,3,4, Rujie HU1,2, Xianghua ZHOU1, Shaoyang LIU1, Mingyang WU1, and Jinbao CHEN1,3,4
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  • 1Academy of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 211106, China
  • 2Shenyang Aircraft Design and Research Institute, Shenyang 110035, China
  • 3Laboratory of Aerospace Entry, Descent and Landing Technology, Nanjing 211106, China
  • 4Key Laboratory of Deep Space Star Catalog Detection Mechanism Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Nanjing 211106, China
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    To improve the shortcomings of the current landing cushion device that requires high landing terrain and is not reusable, a reusable four-legged lander based on a bionic structure is designed with reference to the composition of insect landing leg structures in nature. The support leg adopts the composition of “rigid body control thigh structure plus circular arc structure leg structure”, using a friction brake as a design method for a cushioning and energy absorbing device, which makes the landing impact load as thermal energy by friction work. The friction brake is applied to dissipate the landing impact load in the form of thermal energy to achieve cushion energy absorption. The D-H parametric method is applied to derive the chi-square matrix transformation of the support leg, and the forward and reverse kinematics analysis of the support leg is carried out for the bionic leg type cushioning structure. The theoretical model of the support leg is established and dynamics simulation is performed. The result shows that the reusable lander has good landing buffer performance and can provide a feasible solution for China’s subsequent deep space exploration missions.

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    Shan JIA, Rujie HU, Xianghua ZHOU, Shaoyang LIU, Mingyang WU, Jinbao CHEN. Design and Analysis of a New Reusable Lander[J]. Spacecraft Recovery & Remote Sensing, 2024, 45(2): 1

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    Received: Mar. 27, 2023

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    Published Online: May. 29, 2024

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    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1009-8518.2024.02.001

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