Shape memory self-deployable structures for solar sails

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7267, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sokolowski, Witold ^a   Tan, Seng ^b   Willis, Paul ^a   Pryor, Mark ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Wright Materials Research   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Expandable structures; Glass transition temperature Tg; Open cellular structures; Shape memory polymers

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE SKINS; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURES; ELASTIC MEMORIES; ELASTIC RECOVERIES; EXPANDABLE STRUCTURES; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE TG; OPEN CELLULAR STRUCTURES; OPEN-CELL FOAMS; POLYMER FOAM CORES; SELF-DEPLOYABLE; SHAPE MEMORIES; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SOLAR SAILS; STRUCTURAL CONCEPTS; STRUCTURE DESIGNS;

FOAMS; GLASS; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYMERS; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE APPLICATIONS; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 62449326845     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.814301     Document Type: Conference Paper

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