Optimum designs for superpressure balloons

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1688-1693

  Smith, M S ^a   Rainwater, E L ^a  

^a Raven Industries Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimum designs; Scientific ballooning; Superpressure balloons

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; HIGH PRESSURE EFFECTS; PARACHUTES; PRODUCT DESIGN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

HIGHSTRENGTH FILMS; PUMPKIN; SUPERPRESSURE BALLOONS;

BALLOONS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; FLIGHT;

EID: 2442618130     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2003.07.042     Document Type: Article

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