Structural analyses of balloons employing various techniques to overcome difficulties posed by the underconstrained nature of these systems

34th Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 1996, Pages

  Schur, Willi W ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING;

SCIENTIFIC BALLOONS; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE ANALYSIS; UNDER-CONSTRAINED;

BALLOONS;

EID: 84861294767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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