Effective modeling and nonlinear shell analysis of thin membranes exhibiting structural wrinkling

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 287-298

  Tessler, Alexander ^a,b   Sleight, David W ^a,b   Wang, John T ^a,b  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Structures and Materials Competency   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR ENERGY; STIFFNESS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS;

BILLOWING; NONLINEAR SHELLS; SPACE EXPLORATION; SPACE MISSIONS;

MEMBRANES;

EID: 18144367356     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.3915     Document Type: Article

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