Structural Finite Element Modeling Strategies for a Conformal Load Bearing Antenna Structure (CLAS) (Air Force contract F33615-C-93-3200)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3046, Issue , 1997, Pages 166-172

  Lockyer, Allen J ^a   Alt, Kevin H ^a   Kudva, Jayanth N ^a   Kinslow, Robert W ^a   Goetz, Allan C ^a  

^a NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; ANTENNAS; C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); DEMONSTRATIONS; FORECASTING; FUSELAGES; MILITARY AVIATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOFTWARE TESTING; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

APPLICATION OF FINITE ELEMENTS; CONFORMAL LOAD-BEARING ANTENNA STRUCTURES; LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MULTI-LAYERED COMPOSITES; SANDWICH CONFIGURATION; STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS; STRUCTURAL FINITE ELEMENTS; STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 0006424010     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.276604     Document Type: Conference Paper

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