Structural analysis and test comparison of a 20-meter inflation-deployed solar sail

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

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 1408-1423

  Sleight, David W ^a,d,e   Mann, Troy ^b,e   Lichodziejewski, David ^c,e   Derbes, Billy ^c,e  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^c L'GARDE INC   (United States)

^d Research and Technology Directorate   (United States)

^e AIAA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLIGHT DYNAMICS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; NASA; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; GROUND TESTS; SOLAR SAIL; SUB-SCALE SYSTEM;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247135917     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2514/6.2006-1706     Document Type: Conference Paper

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