Photopolymerisation of composite material in simulated free space environment at low Earth orbital flight

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2703-2714

  Kondyurin, A ^a,b   Lauke, B ^b   Vogel, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF POLYMER RESEARCH DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Composite; Inflatable structure; Photopolymerisation; Space environment

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; ION BEAMS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; SOLIDIFICATION; SPACE FLIGHT;

CELESTIAL BODIES; MICROWAVE PLASMAS; SOLAR SHIELD STRINGERS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS;

EID: 33748942656     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2006.04.018     Document Type: Article

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