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Carbon Fiber and Why We Should Use It
By
Raymond Haremza
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Carbon Fiber Mesh
• Carbon Fiber Mesh developed by ESLI
• Mesh is composed of a network of carbon fibers crisscross linked into a matrix that is mostly empty space.
• 200 times thicker than the thinnest solar sail material, but so porous that it ways the same
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Problems W/ Traditional Matl’s
• Tear Easy, Require heavy support structure to stretch them out and keep tensioned, and can build up static electricity, and UV degrades and melt at high temps.
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Why Carbon Fiber Mesh is Awesome
• Can tolerate temps as high as 4,500 deg F• Small areal mass density and are immune to UV
degredation. 30μm compared to 2μm with same area density (~5g/m^2)
• Ability to self-deploy, the carbon scrub-pad material could be packed so it pops out flat once released. This can eliminate the need for any complicated mechanical deployment mechanism, which decrease mass of the craft.
• Easier to deploy because it doesn’t cling or wrinkle• Higher Melting Point