Advanced self-deployable structures for space applications

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 750-754

  Sokolowski, Witold M ^a,c   Tan, Seng C ^b,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Wright Materials Research Co   (United States)

^c Mechanical Systems Division   (United States)

^d 1187 Richfield Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; ELASTICITY; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ELASTIC MEMORY FOAMS; LAMINATED-COMPOSITE SKINS; SELF-DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 34548371832     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.22854     Document Type: Article

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