Deployment study of a self-rigidizable inflatable boom

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 5247-5255

  Fang, Houfei ^a   Lou, Michael ^a   Hah, John ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Hah Hah and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT TESTING; GAS DYNAMICS; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; MACHINE VIBRATIONS; PRESSURE DROP; STIFFNESS;

KINEMATICS SIMULATION; SELF-RIGIDIZABLE INFLATABLE BOOM;

SATELLITES;

EID: 0041977050     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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