A rule of thumb for the suspension of film sheets without catenaries

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Greschik, G ^a,c   Murphey, T M ^b,c   Mikulas, M M ^a,c   Belvin, W K ^a,c  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELING; APPROXIMATE MODEL; EDGE REINFORCEMENT; FILM BEHAVIORS; POSTBUCKLING ANALYSIS; REALISTIC FILMS; SCALAR PARAMETERS; TENSION FIELD THEORY;

MATERIALS;

STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

EID: 84896693721     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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