Optical strain measurement of an inflated cylinder using photogrammetry with application to scientific balloons

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

Volumn 1, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-13

  Blandino, Joseph R ^a,f   Sterling, Jerry ^b,g   Baginski, Frank ^c,h,i   Steadman, Eric ^c,h   Black, Jonathan T ^d,h   Pappa, Richard S ^e,h,i  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f Integrated Science and Technology   (United States)

^g Balloon R and D Laboratory   (United States)

^h Department of Mathematics ^*

ⁱ Structural Dynamics Branch   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERIDONAL STRESS; OPTICAL STRAIN MEASUREMENT; POLYETHYLENE CYLINDERS; POLYMER FILMS;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; POISSON RATIO; POLYETHYLENES; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PRESSURE EFFECTS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS;

PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

EID: 16344363833     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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