SHAPE CONTROL OF DEPLOYABLE MEMBRANE MIRRORS

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 1998-B, Issue , 1998, Pages 217-223

  Martin, Jeffrey W ^a   Main, John A ^a   Nelson, George C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MIRRORS;

CURRENT CAPABILITY; HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES; LARGE TELESCOPES; MEMBRANE MIRROR; SHAPE CONTROL; SHUTTLE CARGO; SIZE CONSTRAINT; TELESCOPE DESIGN; TELESCOPE PRIMARY MIRROR; WEIGHT CONSTRAINTS;

ELECTRON GUNS;

EID: 0242394975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE1998-0956     Document Type: Conference Paper

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