Design rules and scaling for solar sails

41st AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages

  Zeiders, Glenn W ^a  

^a Sirius Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESIGN RULES; DISTORTION EFFECTS; FIGURE OF MERIT; FLAT SHEETS; LIMITING FACTORS; MEAN-SQUARED VALUE; NORMAL FORCES; OPERATIONAL ISSUES; SCALING MODEL; SOLAR FLUX; SOLAR SAILS; TRANSVERSE DIMENSIONS;

INSTRUMENT SCALES; PROPULSION; SOLAR RADIATION;

SOLAR EQUIPMENT;

EID: 77957851515     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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