Static, buckling and dynamic behaviour of inflatable beams

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1331-1348

  Rendall, Thomas C S ^a,c,d   Cormier, Chris P ^b,c,e,f   Marzocca, Pier ^b,c,e   Jha, Ratan ^b,c,e  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIAA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e Clarkson University   (United States)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFLATABLE BEAMS; MEMBRANE COLLAPSE LOADS; MULTI-CELL BEAMS; WRINKLING CRITERIA;

BUCKLING; ELASTIC MODULI; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

BEAMS AND GIRDERS;

EID: 34247115168     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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