Vibration studies of an inflatable/rigidizable hexapod structure with a tensioned membrane

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3104-3110

  Adetona, O ^a   Horta, L G ^b   Taleghani, B K ^d   Blandino, J R ^c   Woods, K J ^a  

^a TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; FABRICATION; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES; SATELLITES; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

HEXAPOD STRUCTURE; INFLATABLE-RIGIDIZABLE HEXAPOD STRUCTURE; TENSIONED MEMBRANE;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0042010167     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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