On the design and analysis of inflated membranes: Natural and pumpkin shaped balloons

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 838-857

  Baginski, Frank ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High altitude balloons; Inflated membranes

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM EQUATIONS; HIGH ALTITUDE BALLOONS; INFLATED MEMBRANES; MIDLATITUDE BALLOON FLIGHTS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYETHYLENES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SPACE RESEARCH; UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

BALLOONS;

EID: 21244500238     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139903438478     Document Type: Article

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