A combined analytical and experimental study on space inflatable booms

IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2000, Pages 503-512

  Lou, Michael ^a   Fang, Houfei ^a   Hsia, Lih Min ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM SHEET; BEAMS AND GIRDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; LAMINATES; MATERIALS TESTING; RADAR ANTENNAS; SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; STRUTS; TELESCOPES;

CARPENTER TAPE REINFORCED ALUMINUM LAMINATE BOOMS; PRESSURE STABILIZED BOOMS; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE INFLATABLE BOOMS; SUNSHIELDS;

SPACE PLATFORMS;

EID: 0034432489     PISSN: 1095323X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/AERO.2000.878259     Document Type: Article

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