Large shell-membrane space reflectors

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

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Datashvili, L ^a   Baier, H ^a   Wehrle, E ^a   Kuhn, T ^a   Hoffmann, J ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IN-ORBIT; IN-SHELL; LARGE DEPLOYABLE REFLECTOR; MEMBRANE REFLECTORS; METAL MESH; REFLECTING SURFACE; REFLECTOR TECHNOLOGY; SOLID SURFACE; SPACE REFLECTORS; SURFACE STIFFNESS; THERMO-MECHANICAL;

ANTENNAS; CARBON FIBERS; DEFORMATION; MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY; REFLECTION; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SILICONES; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

SURFACES;

EID: 84855636564     PISSN: 02734508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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