Ultra thin deployable reflector antennas

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

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 2416-2425

  Tan, Lin Tze ^a   Pellegrino, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CARBON FIBER REINFORCED PLASTICS; DESIGN; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FUNCTIONS; MIRRORS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

PAYLOADS; STIFFENERS; STRAIN ENERGY; ULTRA THIN DEPLOYABLE REFLECTOR ANTENNAS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 16244395796     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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