EAP actuators for controlling space inflatable structures

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3141-3150

  Tung, Steve ^a   Witherspoon, Scott ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SATELLITES; STRAIN; STRESSES;

ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMER ACTUATORS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; SPACE INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0042010157     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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