Programming Kirigami Through Fibre Steering

In this work, it is demonstrated that kirigami deformation behaviour can be controlled by tailoring the anisotropic material that is used to create the kirigami structure. The ultimate goal is to find a relationship between the material pattern and the deformation behaviour of the kirigami structure. An anisotropic thermoplastic polyurethane...

A Lean Testing Methodology for the Inertia Parameters of Small Rocket Stages

This thesis presents the development, analysis, and testing of a comprehensive testing methodology for determining the mass, Center of Gravity (CoG), and principal Moments of Inertia (MoI) of small rocket stages. The methodology comprises five sequential tests, encompassing both static and dynamic procedures. The two static tests introduce...

Neural-Network Based Thermal Modeling of Small Satellites: A First-Principles Approach

The use of small satellites, enabled by the standardization of the CubeSat specifications and miniaturization in electronics, has seen a rapid increase in the past decades. The low-cost and short development time of these satellites has made them an attractive option for both commercial and academic applications, making space exploration more...

Design Methodology and Optimization of Kick Stage Main Structures

Design of a Novel Deployable Baffle for a Deployable Space Telescope

The need for Earth observation telescopes with high spatial and temporal resolution is constantly increasing, however, current state-of-the-art telescopes are costly. The Deployable Space Telescope project at TU Delft aims to provide a solution with an Earth observation telescope that has the same optical performance as today's best ones, but at...