Deployable structure of curved profile for space antennas

Journal of Aerospace Engineering

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 139-143

  You, Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; STIFFNESS;

DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL MOBILITY;

PARABOLIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 0034298648     PISSN: 08931321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0893-1321(2000)13:4(139)     Document Type: Article

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