Closed-loop deployable structures

44th AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics, and Materials Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Gan, W W ^a   Pellegrino, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSED LOOPS; CLOSED-LOOP; CLOSED-LOOP STRUCTURES; DEPLOYABLE STRUCTURE; NONSYMMETRIC; SOLAR ARRAYS; ULTRA LIGHTWEIGHTS;

MATERIALS;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896692823     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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