Structural architectures for a deployable wideband UHF antenna

53rd AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Olson, Gina M ^a   Pellegrino, Sergio ^a   Costantine, Joseph ^b   Banik, Jeremy ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPLOYABLE ANTENNA; DEPLOYMENT CONCEPTS; ELASTIC STRAIN ENERGY; GENERAL APPROACH; LOG SPIRAL ANTENNAS; STRUCTURAL ARCHITECTURE; STRUCTURAL MECHANICS; THIN SHELL STRUCTURES;

SATELLITE ANTENNAS; SPIRAL ANTENNAS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

LOG PERIODIC ANTENNAS;

EID: 84880808714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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