Modeling of highly flexible structures

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-421

  Pai, P Frank ^a   Schulz, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA A AND T STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

HIGHLY FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES (HFS);

SPACE SHUTTLES;

EID: 0033706079     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3577     Document Type: Article

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