Abstract
When developing the country’s made peripheral docking assembly consistent with the International Docking System Standard a task arose concerning reduction of dimensions of the latch mechanisms that ensure the capture. The article describes the mode of operation of these mechanisms. Proposed is a procedure which makes it possible to choose such a layout of their joints in which the links are inside a given area during operation. A uniform LPτ-sequence is used to form various options of the joints layout. A criterion of maximum loads acting on the links is described. It is shown that the dimensions of the existing latch mechanism can be decreased only with an increase of the load-carrying capability of the links. The proposed procedure is part of a software tool computerizing the design of a new latch mechanism. Key words: spacecraft docking, peripheral docking assembly, latch mechanism, capture, LPτ-sequence.
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