Development and test of a rigidizable inflatable structure experiment

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1701-1713

  Cobb, Richard G ^a,c   Lindemuth, Steven N ^a,c   Slater, Joseph C ^b,c   Maddux, Michael R ^b,c  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dept of Aero and Astronautics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; TRUSS STRUCTURES;

DATA REDUCTION; MODAL ANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; RIGIDITY; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACE SHUTTLES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 16244379835     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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