Behavior of shape memory epoxy foams in microgravity: Experimental results of STS-134 mission

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 287-296

  Santo, Loredana ^a   Quadrini, Fabrizio ^a   Squeo, Erica Anna ^a   Dolce, Ferdinando ^b   Mascetti, Gabriele ^c   Bertolotto, Delfina ^c   Villadei, Walter ^d   Ganga, Pier Luigi ^e   Zolesi, Valfredo ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b Italian Air Force   (Italy)

^c ITALIAN SPACE AGENCY   (Italy)

^d Italian Air Force   (Italy)

^e Kayser Italia Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epoxy foams; International Space Station; Shape memory polymers; Shape recovery; Smart materials

Indexed keywords

EPOXY FOAMS; FLIGHT MODELS; GROUND EXPERIMENTS; HEATING SYSTEM DESIGN; IN-ORBIT; INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATIONS; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY TEST; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE MEMORY POLYMERS; SHAPE RECOVERY; SMALL EQUIPMENT; STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES;

EXPERIMENTS; FOAMS; INTELLIGENT MATERIALS; MICROGRAVITY; RECOVERY;

SHAPE OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84870249623     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-012-9313-x     Document Type: Article

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