Design of point-type heavy load connection and low impact separation mechanism based on energy flow analysis

In this paper, based on the development of the non-pyrotechnic low impact connection and separation device for heavy load connection of large space vehicles, the design method of connection and separation device is studied. The traditional heavy load connection separation device has a strong loading capacity, but the release of system energy will cause a huge impact during separation. This paper considers the transfer of impact energy in the mechanism design process, reduces separation impact based on energy flow analysis. Based on the analysis of the DOF (Degree of Freedom) constraint function of the separation system and the working requirements of the separation mechanism, the movability model of separation system was established. According to the research on DOF constraints and release, the key of force constraints in DOF constraints of the separation mechanism is obtained, and the separation mechanism that can implement the force constraints and release is analyzed. Furthermore, based on the energy flow analysis of the separation mechanism, the design method of the low impact separation mechanism is proposed, obtained a non-self-locking thread pair connection separation mechanism. The effectiveness of the design method was verified by the energy conversion analysis of the separation mechanism.