The wrinkle effects of discretizing the boundary of a tensioned, flat circular membrane

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 5292-5298

  Adler, Aaron L ^a   Robertson, Lawrence ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEFECTS; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MEMBRANES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POISSON RATIO; THIN FILMS;

MEMBRANE OPTICS; WRINKLE EFFECTS;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0042477708     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2003-1980     Document Type: Conference Paper

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