Optimization design of launch locking protective device (LLPD) based on carbon fiber bracket for magnetically suspended flywheel (MSFW)

Abstract Because of the launch vibration and shock, magnetically suspended flywheels (MSFWs) are equipped with an additional launch locking protective device (LLPD), and the LLPD performance has great influence on the attitude control precision of the flywheel system. In this paper, a LLPD that takes the carbon fiber bracket as the key clamped and releasable mechanism was presented. And the configuration, operating principle and functional performance requirements were introduced. The locking/unlocking force, maximum stress and contact force of the carbon fiber bracket were analyzed. The dynamic analysis of the single carbon fiber bracket equivalent to the cantilever beam model was carried out. Subsequently, the sensitivity of the constraint variables vs the structural parameters was calculated. The lower and upper parts of the carbon fiber bracket were separately optimized. The result shows that the mass of the carbon fiber bracket can reach to the minimum of 60.5 g when the number of the upper carbon fiber bracket slices is 12. Finally, the LLPD prototype was manufactured and its locking protection for the flywheel system was verified by the swept-sine vibration and the random vibration.