Advances in fabric and structural analyses of pressure inflated structures

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Textile Engineering Division (Publication) TED

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 19-25

  Quigley, Claudia J ^a   Johnson, Arthur R ^b   Cavallaro, Paul V ^c   Sadegh, Ali M ^d  

^a U S ARMY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Airbeams; Crimp interchange; Fabric micromechanics; Finite element analysis; Pressure inflated structures

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; KINEMATICS; PRESSURIZATION; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

AIRBEAMS; CRIMP INTERCHANGE; FABRIC MICROMECHANICS; PRESSURE INFLATED STRUCTURES;

FABRICS;

EID: 1942440921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2003-55060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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