Assessment of analysis approaches for solar sail structural response

39th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference and Exhibit

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages

  Taleghani, Barmac K ^a   Sleight, David W ^b   Muheim, Danniella M ^b   Belvin, Keith ^b   Wang, John T ^b  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONVERGENCE ISSUES; FINITE ELEMENT PROGRAMS; SHELL FINITE ELEMENTS; SOLAR-SAIL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE; THIN FILM MEMBRANE;

ABAQUS; PROPULSION; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SAILS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84897586065     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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