Simulation of deployment dynamics of inflatable structures

AIAA journal

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2277-2283

  Salama, Moktar ^a   Kuo, C P ^a   Lou, Michael ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; FLOW OF FLUIDS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

DEPLOYMENT DYNAMICS; FINITE VOLUME INFLATION MODEL; INFLATION PROCESS;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0034498535     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.896     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Freeland, R. E., and Veal, G. R., "Significance of the Inflatable Antenna Experiment Technology," AIAA Paper 98-2104, April 1998.
2. Salama, M., Lou, M., and Fang, H., "Deployment of Inflatable Space Structures: A Review of Recent Developments," AIAA Paper 2000-1730, April 2000.
3. Lou, M. C., Feria, V. A., and Huang, J., "Development of an Inflatable Space Synthetic Aperture Radar," AIAA Paper 98-2103, April 1998.
4. Van Wylen, G., Sonntag, R., and Borgnakke, C., Fundamentals of Classical Thermodynamics, Wiley, New York, 1994.
5. Perry, J. A., Jr., "Critical Flow Through Sharp Edged Orifices," Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Oct. 1949, pp. 757-764.
6. Salama, M., Davis, G., Kuo, C. P., Rivellini, T., and Sabahi, D., "Simulation of Airbag Impact Dynamics for Mars Landing," AIAA Paper 96-1209, April 1996.
7. McKinney, J., and Taylor, T., "Use of LS-DYNA3D to Simulate Airbag Landing Impact Attenuation of the Kistler K1 Reusable Launch Vehicle," LS-DYNA Users Conf., Detroit, MI, Sept. 1998.
8. Hallquist, J. O., LS-DYNA3D, Theoretical/User's Manual, Livermore Software Technology Corp., Livermore, CA, 1993.
9. Automatic Dynamic Analysis Mechanical Systems (ADA MS)/Solver Reference Manual, Ver. 9.1, Mechanical Dynamics, Ann Arbor, MI, 1998.
10. Ruggiero, T. J., and Mikulas, M. M., "A One Dimensional Constitutive Model for Wrinkled Thin Polymer Films," NASA CR 201706, June 1997.