Structural modeling of a five-meter thin-film inflatable antenna/concentrator

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-29

  Smalley, Kurt B ^a   Tinker, Michael L ^a   Taylor, W Scott ^b  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b Computer Sciences Corporation ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

INFLATABLE ANTENNAS;

ANTENNAS;

EID: 0037285054     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3911     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Freeland, R. E., and Veal, G. R., "Significance of the Inflatable Antenna Experiment Technology," Proceedings of the 39th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA, Reston, VA, 1998, pp. 2789-2796.
2. Leonard, J. W., Tension Structures: Behavior and Analysis, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1988, pp. 247, 248.
3. Main, J. A., Carlin, R. A., Garcia, E., Peterson, S. W., and Strauss, A. M., "Dynamic Analysis of Space-Based Inflated Beam Structures," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol. 97, No. 2, 1995, pp. 1035-1045.
4. Slade, K. N., and Tinker, M. L., "Analytical and Experimental Investigation of the Dynamics of Polyimide Inflatable Cylinders," Proceedings of the 40th Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA, Reston, VA, 1999, pp. 2495-2506.
5. Lassiter, J., and Engberg, R., "5 Meter Inflatable Concentrator Modal Survey Test Report," NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Rept. SOTV-DEV-00-069, Huntsville, AL, Oct. 2000.
6. Slade, K. N., Tinker, M. L., Lassiter, J. O., and Engberg, R., "Comparison of Dynamic Characteristics for an Inflatable Solar Concentrator in Atmospheric and Thermal Vacuum Conditions," Proceedings of the 41st Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, Vol. 4, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2000, pp. 64-75.
7. Smalley, K. B., Tinker, M. L., and Fischer, R. T., "Investigation of Nonlinear Pressurization and Modal Restart in MSC/NASTRAN for Modeling Thin Film Inflatable Structures," Proceedings of the 42nd Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference, AIAA, Reston, VA, 2001, pp. 1701-1708.