Review of inflatable booms for deployable space structures: Packing and rigidization

Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 762-778

  Schenk, Mark ^a   Viquerat, Andrew D ^a   Seffen, Keith A ^a   Guest, Simon D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR CELL ARRAYS; SOLAR SAILS; SPACE APPLICATIONS;

BASIC ELEMENTS; FOLDING PATTERNS; INFLATABLE SPACE STRUCTURES; RIGID PANELS; SOLAR ARRAYS; SPACE STRUCTURE; SUPPORT STRUCTURES; TRUSS STRUCTURE;

SPACE PLATFORMS;

EID: 84903591637     PISSN: 00224650     EISSN: 15336794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2514/1.A32598     Document Type: Review

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