Deployable tensegrity masts

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

Volumn 7, Issue , 2003, Pages 5275-5284

  Tibert, A G ^a   Pellegrino, S ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURE; BENDING STRENGTH; CABLES; HINGES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

DEPLOYABLE TENSEGRITY MASTS; SELF-LOCKING HINGES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL WEAVING;

AEROSPACE VEHICLES;

EID: 0042477713     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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