Parachute sail with hydrostatic beam: a new concept for solar sailing

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 133-140

  Genta, Giancarlo ^a   Brusa, Eugenio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE STRESS; ELASTICITY; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; PARACHUTES; TRAJECTORIES;

COMPRESSIVE LOADS; HYDROSTATIC BEAM; SOLAR SAIL SPACECRAFT; SPACE STRUCTURES;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0032656615     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(99)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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