Equilibrium analysis of a large multi-hinged space system

Acta Astronautica

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 9-20

  Lavagna, Michelle ^a   Finzi, Amalia Ercoli ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HINGES; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; ORBITS; TETHERLINES;

EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 0037411172     PISSN: 00945765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-5765(02)00138-8     Document Type: Article

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