Design and implementation of a paraffin-based micropositioning actuator

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3132, Issue , 1997, Pages 127-134

  Dowen, David E ^a  

^a Starsys Research Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; PARAFFIN WAXES; PARAFFINS; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

DISPLACEMENT RATES; HIGH ACCURACY; LIFE-TIME; LIQUID-PHASE; LOW POWERS; MECHANICAL SYSTEM (MS); SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS; SYSTEM PERFORMANCES; ULTRAVIOLET (UV);

ACTUATORS;

EID: 0000829835     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.284075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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4. st AIAA Propulsion Conference, 1995