On deployment of solar sail with superconducting current-carrying wire
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چکیده
We present a novel idea of the deployment circular solar sail consisting superconducting wire attached to thin membrane. Based on classical electrodynamics and theory elasticity we predict that current in can deploy large size sail. • Deployment using loop. stretching Magnetic force due magnetic field induced by current.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Acta Astronautica
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1879-2030', '0094-5765']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.08.018