Gossamer spacecraft: Recent trends in design, analysis, experimentation, and control

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-24

  Ruggiero, Eric J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Inman, Daniel J ^{a,e,f,i,j,k,l,m}  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Virginia Space Grant Consortium   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

^f ASME   (Japan)

^g Gossamer Spacecraft Program Committee   (United States)

^h National Society for Professional Engineers   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Mechanical Engineering   (United States)

^j American Academy of Mechanics   (United States)

^k International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration

^l ASME Adaptive Structures and Material Systems Technical Comraittee

^m AIAA Adaptive Structures Technical Committee

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MACHINE DESIGN; SATELLITES; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

GOSSAMER SPACECRAFT; STRUCTURAL TESTING;

SPACECRAFT;

EID: 33644765905     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.8232     Document Type: Review

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