Toward effective shell modeling of wrinkled thin-film membranes exhibiting stress concentrations

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

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 2484-2497

  Tessler, Alexander ^a,b   Sleight, David W ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Structures and Materials Competency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DEFORMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; STRESS CONCENTRATION; THIN FILMS;

SHELL ELEMENT TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR SAIL MEMBRANES; TENSILE LOADING; WRINKLING;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 16244402250     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2004-1739     Document Type: Conference Paper

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