Pre-flight validation of Gossamer structures

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1305-1323

  Wada, Ben K ^a   Lou, Michael ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

GOSSAMER STRUCTURES;

LIGHT WEIGHT STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036087683     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2002-1373     Document Type: Conference Paper

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