Shape measurement and control of deployable membrane structures

Experimental Mechanics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 154-159

  Maji, A K ^a,b   Starnes, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane; Mirror; Moire; PVDV; Shearography

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; DEFORMATION; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; INTERFEROMETRY; MIRRORS; MOIRE FRINGES; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VINYL RESINS;

DEPLOYABLE MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; INFLATABLE ANTENNAS; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SHAPE CONTROL; SHAPE MEASUREMENT;

INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES;

MEMBRANE; SHAPE;

EID: 0034125251     PISSN: 00144851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02325040     Document Type: Article

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