Folding patterns of deployable membrane space structures considering their thickness effects

Carleton University - 18th International Conference on Adaptive Structures and Technologies, ICAST 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 686-694

  Natori, M C ^a   Watanabe, H ^b   Kishimoto, N ^b   Higuchi, K ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Contour line procedure; Effective thickness approximation; Folding of flat surface; Gossamer structure systems; Large deployable space structures; Spiral folding

Indexed keywords

CONTOUR LINE; EFFECTIVE THICKNESS; FLAT SURFACES; GOSSAMER STRUCTURES; SPACE STRUCTURE; SPIRAL FOLDING;

CONTOUR MEASUREMENT;

FATIGUE CRACK PROPAGATION;

EID: 84866045194     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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