Accommodating thickness in origami-based deployable arrays1

Journal of Mechanical Design

Volumn 135, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zirbel, Shannon A ^a   Lang, Robert J ^b   Thomson, Mark W ^c   Sigel, Deborah A ^a   Walkemeyer, Phillip E ^a   Trease, Brian P ^a   Magleby, Spencer P ^a   Howell, Larry L ^a  

^a Brigham Young University   (United States)

^b Robert J Lang Origami   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AM GENERALS; HARDWARE MODIFICATIONS; MODEL MODIFICATION; OUTER DIAMETERS; PHYSICAL MODELLING; SOLAR ARRAYS;

SPACE APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84887079724     PISSN: 10500472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4025372     Document Type: Article

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