Design study of a square solar sail architecture

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 653-661

  Greschik, G ^a   Mikulas, M M ^a  

^a UCB 450   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; ELASTIC MODULI; FAILURE ANALYSIS; SOLAR CELLS; SPACECRAFT; SPREADSHEETS; STIFFNESS; STRAIN;

BOOM MECHANICS; OPERATIONAL FAILURE MODES; SAIL BILLOW; SQUARE SOLAR SAIL; STRUCTURAL SURFACE DENSITY;

SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0036756975     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3886     Document Type: Article

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