Sensitivity study of precision pressurized membrane reflector deformations

AIAA journal

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 308-314

  Greschik, G ^a   Palisoc, A ^b   Cassapakis, C ^b   Veal, G ^b   Mikulas, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b L'GARDE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FITS AND TOLERANCES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEMBRANES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRESS ANALYSIS; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

PRECISION MEMBRANE ANALYSIS; PRESSURIZED MEMBRANE REFLECTORS;

MIRRORS;

EID: 0034832329     PISSN: 00011452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.1306     Document Type: Article

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