Development of cost effective balloon design and fabrication methods

AIAA International Balloon Technology Conference, 1997

Volumn , Issue , 1997, Pages

  Damle, S V ^a   Joshi, M N ^b   Sreenivasan, S ^b   Subba Rao, J V ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; COMPENSATION (PERSONNEL); COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; WAGES;

BALLOON DESIGNS; CAP THICKNESS; COST EFFECTIVE; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; FABRICATION METHOD; OPTIMISATIONS; PAYLOAD CAPABILITIES; RAW MATERIAL COSTS;

COST EFFECTIVENESS;

EID: 12244282047     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.1997-1476     Document Type: Conference Paper

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