High strength-to-weight ratio non-woven technical fabrics for aerospace applications

AIAA Balloon Systems Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  McDaniels, Keith ^a   Downs, R J ^a   Meldner, Heiner ^a   Beach, Cameron ^a   Adams, Chris ^a  

^a Cubic Tech Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D GEOMETRY; AEROSPACE PROGRAMS; ATTACHMENT POINTS; BALLOON SYSTEMS; DESIGN REQUIREMENTS; FLEXIBLE COMPOSITES; FLEXIBLE LAMINATES; HIGH STRENGTH; INTEGRATED STRUCTURE; LIGHTER-THAN-AIR VEHICLES; LINEAR ELASTIC RESPONSE; LOW GAS PERMEABILITY; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS; MODULUS LOSS; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; NON-WOVEN; ORIENTED COMPOSITES; PERFORMANCE ENGINEERING; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; STRUCTURAL MODELS; WEIGHT SAVING; WOVEN FABRICS;

AEROSPACE APPLICATIONS; BALLOONS; FABRICS; GAS PERMEABILITY; INFLATABLE STRUCTURES; MARINE APPLICATIONS; MODEL STRUCTURES; WEAVING;

LAMINATES;

EID: 77958187536     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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