Shaping of parabolic cylindrical membrane reflectors for the dart precision test bed

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2289-2297

  White, C ^a   Salama, M ^a   Hatheway, A ^b   Dragovan, M ^a   Schroeder, J ^a   Barber, D ^a   Dooley, J ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Alson E Hatheway Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA REFLECTORS; EQUIPMENT TESTING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES CONTROL; MEMBRANES; PARABOLIC ANTENNAS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; SURFACES;

NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PARABOLIC REFLECTORS; SHAPE CONTROL;

SPACE TELESCOPES;

EID: 0042011318     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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