Electroactive polymers: New materials for spacecraft structures

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 581, 2005, Pages 803-816

  Carpi, F ^a   Sommer Larsen, P ^b   De Rossi, D ^a   Gaudenzi, P ^c   Lampani, L ^c   Campanile, F ^d   Pfeiffer, E ^e   Neri, G ^f   Baldacci, S ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^e High Performance Space Structure Systems GmbH   (Germany)

^f Kayser Italia Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERS; SPACE APPLICATIONS; TESTING;

ELECTROACTIVE POLYMERS;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 28444474247     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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