Resistive deployment of inflatable structures using Velcro

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 711-716

  Salama, M ^a   Fang, H ^a   Lou, M ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DELAMINATION; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FASTENERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FINITE VOLUME METHOD; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STRAIN; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

FINITE VOLUME INFLATION MODEL; RESISTIVE DEPLOYMENT; VELCRO;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0036757405     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3869     Document Type: Article

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