Design and Characterization of a Small-Scale Solar Sail Prototype by Integrating NiTi SMA and Carbon Fibre Composite

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Solar sail</td><td class="align_center">Surface/weight</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Configuration 1</td><td class="align_center">19.66 cm<sup>2</sup>/g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Configuration 2</td><td class="align_center">31.84 cm<sup>2</sup>/g</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Configuration 3</td><td class="align_center">39.20 cm<sup>2</sup>/g</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Example of surface/weight ratio for different configurations of the solar sail.

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Table 3: Design and Characterization of a Small-Scale Solar Sail Prototype by Integrating NiTi SMA and Carbon Fibre Composite 