Modeling of gossamer space structures with distributed transfer function method

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 548-552

  Fang, Houfei ^a   Lou, Michael ^a   Yang, Bingen ^b   Yang, Yaubin ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; BENDING (DEFORMATION); BUCKLING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 0042739510     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/2.3976     Document Type: Conference Paper

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