Space structures on the back of an envelope: John Hedgepeth's approach to design

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 454-467

  Lake, Mark S ^a   Peterson, Lee D ^b   Mikulas, Martin M ^b  

^a Composite Technol Development Inc ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSORS; VECTORS;

BACK-OF-THE ENVELOPE SOLUTIONS; JOHN HEGDEPETH APPROACH; SPACE STRUCTURES;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 0042013012     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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