Experimental determination of material properties for inflatable aeroshell structures

20th AIAA Aerodynamic Decelerator Systems Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hutchings, Allison L ^a,c   Braun, Robert D ^a,c   Masuyama, Kento ^a,c   Welch, Joseph V ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ILC DOVER   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSHELLS; ANALYSIS METHOD; BIAXIAL LOADS; BUILDING BLOCKES; COATED WOVEN FABRICS; DEFORMATION AND STRESS; DESIGN EFFORT; DIRECTIONAL STIFFNESS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXPERIMENTAL MECHANICS; EXPERIMENTAL WORKS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIALS EVALUATION; SAMPLE SETS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; SYSTEM DESIGN; TEST DEVICE; TEST METHOD; TEST PROTOCOLS; VARYING STIFFNESS; WOVEN FABRICS;

AERODYNAMICS; COATED MATERIALS; FABRICS; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MODEL STRUCTURES; STIFFNESS; TENSILE TESTING; WEAVING;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77958174930     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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