EAP actuators for controlling space inflatable structures

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

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Tung, Steve ^a   Witherspoon, Scott ^a  

^a University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTUATION MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CURRENT ACTUATORS; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; MECHANICAL ENERGIES; SPACE INFLATABLE STRUCTURE; STRESS AND STRAIN;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; DAMAGE DETECTION; POLYMERS; STRAIN; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS;

INFLATABLE STRUCTURES;

EID: 84896825102     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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