Interaction between gravity compensation suspension system and deployable structure

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 93-99

  Fischer, A ^a   Pellegrino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; STIFFNESS MATRIX; STRUCTURAL PANELS;

GRAVITY COMPENSATION SUSPENSION; RIGID PANEL SOLAR ARRAY; SPACE STRUCTURES;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0033892104     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3531     Document Type: Article

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