Membrane modular space structure systems and deployment characteristics of their inflatable tube elements

Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Natori, M C ^a   Katsumata, Nobuhisa ^a   Yamakawa, Hiroshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYMENT CHARACTERISTICS; FOLDING PATTERNS; GEOMETRICAL CONSIDERATIONS; INFLATABLE TUBES; LABORATORY SCALE; MEMBRANE MODULE; MODULAR STRUCTURES; PLANAR SURFACE; SPACE STRUCTURE SYSTEMS;

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MEMBRANE STRUCTURES; SPACE PLATFORMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 84855634393     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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