Load analysis of inflatable truncated cones

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

Volumn 6, Issue , 2003, Pages 3955-3961

  Veldman, S L ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

INFLATABLE TRUNCATED CONES; TAPER RATIO;

AIRCRAFT MATERIALS;

EID: 0041508824     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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