Parametric study of the effect of membrane tension on sunshield dynamics

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages 2097-2107

  Ross, Brian ^a   Johnston, John D ^a   Smith, James ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLY; GRAVITATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRESSES; SUN; THIN FILMS;

NEXT GENERATION SPACE TELESCOPES (NGST); SUNSHIELD DYNAMICS;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0036076803     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (7)

1. NGST "Yardstick" Mission
2. Modeling and analysis of structural dynamics for a one-tenth scale model NGST sunshield
3. Static and dynamic analysis of partially wrinkled membrane structures
4. Dynamic testing of a subscale sunshield for the next generation space telescope (NGST)