Zero gravity validation of smart aperture antennas

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Aerospace Division (Publication) AD

Volumn 59, Issue , 1999, Pages 239-243

  Yoon, Hwan Sik ^a   Washington, Gregory ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MIRRORS; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; PRESSURE; SENSORS;

AXIAL DEFLECTION; DISTRIBUTED PRESSURE LOADS; GOVERNING EQUATIONS; REISSNER APPROACH; SHALLOW SPHERICAL SHELL; SMART APERTURE ANTENNAS; STRESS FUNCTION; ZERO GRAVITY VALIDATION;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0033296848     PISSN: 07334230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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