Experimental results regarding two-dimensional deployment of inflatable beams

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 5256-5263

  Welch, Aaron L ^a   Smith, Suzanne Weaver ^a   Main, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAVITATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURIZATION; SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

INFLATABLE BEAMS; INFLATABLE TECHNOLOGY;

INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0041977036     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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