Development of UV-curable inflatable wings for low-density flight applications

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 31-42

  Kearns, Justin D ^a,c,d   Usui, Michiko ^a,c   Smith, Suzanne Weaver ^a,c   Scarborough, Stephen E ^b,c   Smith, Timothy R ^b,c   Cadogan, David P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ILC DOVER   (United States)

^c 151 RG Anderson Bldg ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE SENSORS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; LAUNCHING; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; PARACHUTES; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SPACECRAFT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

INFLATION WINGS; LOW DENSITY FLIGHT APPLICATIONS; MICROPROCESSOR CONTROL; UNMANNED SPACECRAFT;

WINGS;

EID: 16244387181     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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