Experimental and numerical correlation of gravity sag in solar sail quality membranes

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 732-740

  Black, Jonathan T ^a,e   Leifer, Jack ^a,e   DeMoss, Joshua A ^b,e   Walker, Eric N ^c,f   Keith Belvin, W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

^f Structural Dynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUMERICAL MODELS; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE STRUCTURES; ULTRA-THIN MEMBRANE PANELS;

ACCELERATION; AVIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL PANELS; VACUUM APPLICATIONS;

GRAVITATION;

EID: 16244370121     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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