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1 – 2 of 2Aleksey V. Nenarokomov, Leonid A. Dombrovsky, Irina V. Krainova, Oleg M. Alifanov and Sergey A. Budnik
The purpose of this study is to optimize multilayer vacuum thermal insulation (MLI) of modern high-weight spacecrafts. An adequate mathematical simulation of heat transfer in the…
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Purpose
The purpose of this study is to optimize multilayer vacuum thermal insulation (MLI) of modern high-weight spacecrafts. An adequate mathematical simulation of heat transfer in the MLI is impossible if there is no available information on the main insulation properties.
Design/methodology/approach
The results of experiments in thermo-vacuum facilities are used to re-estimate some radiative properties of metallic foil/metalized polymer foil and spacer on the basis of the inverse problem solution. The experiments were carried out for the sample of real MLI used for the BP-Colombo satellite (ESA). The recently developed theoretical model based on neglecting possible near-field effects in radiative heat transfer between closely spaced aluminum foils was used in theoretical predictions of heat transfer through the MLI.
Findings
A comparison of the computational results and the experimental data confirms that there are no significant near-field effects between the neighboring MLI layers. It means that there is no considerable contradiction between the far-field model of radiative transfer in MLI and the experimental estimates.
Originality/value
An identification procedure for mathematical model of the multilayer thermal insulation showed that a modified theoretical model developed recently can be used to estimate thermal properties of the insulation at conditions of space vacuum.
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Aleksey V. Nenarokomov, Margarita O. Salosina and Oleg M. Alifanov
The presented paper aims to consider algorithm for optimal design of multilayer thermal insulation.
Abstract
Purpose
The presented paper aims to consider algorithm for optimal design of multilayer thermal insulation.
Design/methodology/approach
Developed algorithm is based on a sequential quadratic programming method.
Findings
2D mathematical model of heat transfer in thermal protection was considered in frame of thermal design of spacecraft. The sensitivity functions were used to estimate the Jacobean of the object functions.
Research limitations/implications
Design of distributed parameter systems and shape optimization may be thought of as geometrical inverse problems, in which the positions of free boundaries are determined along with the spatial variables. In such problems, the missing data (i.e. the position of boundaries) are compensated for by the presence of the so-called inverse problem additional conditions. In the case under consideration, such conditions are constrains on the temperature values at the discrete points of the system.
Practical implications
Results are presented how to apply the algorithm suggested for solving a practical problem – thickness sampling for a thermal protection system of advanced solar probe.
Originality/value
The procedure proposed in the paper to solve a design problem is based on the method of quadratic approximation of the initial problem statement as a Lagrange formulation. This has allowed to construct a rather universal algorithm applicable without modification for solving a wide range of thermal design problems.
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