A Configuration Synthesis Method of Deployable Mechanism Cells Used for Large Supporting Structures in Space

More large payloads will be launched with the development of the aerospace industry, which means supporting structures for large payloads are also needed. Meanwhile, deployable supporting structures that can be synchronously packaged and deployed have been studied. However, if much larger or more complex structures are needed, building structures with identical deployable cells in space could be another choice. Therefore, we synthesize deployed configurations of deployable mechanism cells for large supporting structures in space with the help of finding the basic unit for a certain three-dimensional array. Then we present several examples of deployable mechanism cells based on the synthesized deployed configurations.