A study of a prototype actuator concept for membrane boundary control

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2003, Pages 3095-3103

  Solter, M J ^a   Horta, L G ^b   Panetta, A D ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INFLATABLE EQUIPMENT; MEMBRANES; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; THIN FILMS; VIBRATION CONTROL;

PIEZO ACTUATORS; THIN FILM MEMBRANES;

SPACECRAFT EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0042510991     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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